Thales Group

Thales Group is a French multinational company that designs and builds electrical systems and provides services for the aerospace, defense, transportation and security markets. Its headquarters are in La Défense (the business district of Paris), and its stock is listed on the Euronext Paris.  

The company changed its name to Thales (from the Greek philosopher Thales, pronounced reflecting its pronunciation in French) from Thomson-CSF in December 2000shortly after the £1.3 billion acquisition of Racal Electronics plc, a UK defense electronics group. It is partially state-owned by the French government, and has operations in more than 50 countries. It has 68,000 employees and generated €13.03 billion in revenues in 2011. The Group is ranked as the475th largest company in the world by Fortune 500 Global. It is also the 10th largest defense contractor in the world and 55% of its total sales are military sales.  

The CEO of Thales Group is Patrice Caine since December 2014.  

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