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Bazin has boosted Accor's global competitiveness by amassing the industry's largest family of brands while improving the hotel group's finances.
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In an industry often criticized for sluggishness, Sébastien Bazin is known for moving fast. Bazin spent much of his early career as a financier at investment banks and private equity firms rather than rising through the ranks of a hotel company.
A brief role in buying and selling luxury hotel assets led Bazin to become CEO of Accor in 2013. Armed with spreadsheets, he stormed the world's sixth-largest hotel group.
"Get light," Bazin