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Stéphane Boujnah

Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Managing Board, Euronext

Search every verified Stéphane Boujnah interview, podcast appearance, and on-the-record quote — each transcript cross-checked by AI and human review to confirm speaker identity. Stéphane Boujnah, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Managing Board at Euronext, has recently appeared in multiple media interviews to discuss France's public debt, European capital markets, and stock market dynamics. In late September and October 2026, he appeared on programs including Quotidien and Tracker, where he discussed the country's fiscal situation and proposed solutions. Boujnah noted that France collects the highest taxes and levies among developed countries at approximately 44% and spends the most on public expenditure at about 57%, and he stated that "we will not escape some form of difficult recovery." He also referenced France's borrowing costs, noting that the state borrowed at 10 years at 4.45%, and compared the situation to past national efforts, including 1946 and 1983, when France undertook difficult adjustments. In other appearances, Boujnah discussed the role of stock exchanges in financing risk and innovation, describing the market as "the price people are willing to pay to be there in the future." He contrasted European and American investment habits, stating that in the United States individuals typically need to buy stocks to secure retirement income, while in Europe they rely on future taxpayers. He also addressed comparisons between French and American stock indices, arguing that the gap between European indices and large global companies should be a greater concern than the gap between indices themselves.

Recent appearances

  • Debt: What solutions to turn France around? Proposals from the CEO of Euronext

    October 23, 2026 · 📺 Quotidien

    We're in the red. A red so deep that many are wondering if France is bankrupt. A debt of 3.7 trillion euros, skyrocketing interest rates on borrowing from the markets. And so far, politicians have been unable to improve the situation. So, is France economically sinking? Will we find ourselves in the same situation as Greece in 2009? Stéphane Boujnah, Chairman of the Board of Euronext and a financial markets specialist, is our guest and offers his solutions. ► More Quotidien videos: http://bit.ly/Quotidien ► Quotidien's Instagram:   / qofficiel   ► Quotidien's TikTok:   / quotidienofficiel   ►…

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  • #134 Stéphane Boujnah | Celui qui dirige la plus grande plateforme boursière en Europe

    October 01, 2026 · 📺 L'Echo

    Tracker reçoit cette semaine le patron d'Euronext: Stéphane Boujnah.  Ce poids lourd parmi les professionnels de la finance n'était pourtant pas destiné à travailler sur les marchés. Parti de pas grand-chose dans un petit bled près de Nancy, Stéphane Boujnah dirige depuis plus de 10 ans Euronext, la plus grande plateforme boursière européenne. Il connaît donc sur le bout des doigts les 8 grands marchés que couvre l’entreprise, de la Bourse d’Athènes à la Bourse de Paris, en passant bien entendu par celle d'Amsterdam, Oslo ou encore Bruxelles. Euronext, c’est près de 2.000 sociétés cotée. Qu…

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  • Why did the Stock Market take all the power? The CEO of Euronext answers

    September 18, 2026 · 📺 Les Financiers

    Stéphane Boujnah has been at the helm of Euronext for over ten years: the stock exchanges of Paris, Amsterdam, Brussels, Dublin, Lisbon, Milan, and Oslo. That's 15 billion euros changing hands every day. In this interview, he goes back to the origins: why the stock market was invented, what it actually finances, and why it still resembles what it was in the 17th century, when merchants divided a ship into ten shares to split the risk of a voyage. They discuss Christopher Columbus, who would never have found a sponsor if he had revealed the duration of his voyage; carpet merchants lining the…

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  • Debt: "We will not escape some form of difficult recovery" (Stéphane Boujnah, Euronext)

    September 13, 2026 · 📺 BFM Business

    Stéphane Boujnah, CEO of Euronext, was Brigitte Boucher's guest on Good Morning Business this Monday, September 14th. They discussed the impact of tensions in the Middle East on the CAC 40 index compared to its European and American counterparts, on BFM Business. The show airs Monday through Friday and is available as a podcast.

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  • Stock market, indices, AI: the CEO of Euronext reveals all - Stéphane Boujnah

    August 20, 2026 · 📺 La Martingale

    Euronext has become the leading European stock exchange for equities... but very few people really understand how a stock exchange works. In this episode, we break down the behind the scenes: liquidity, valuations, IPOs, digitalization, and the big match Europe vs United States. The guest: Stéphane Boujnah is CEO of Euronext. On Matthieu Stefani's microphone, he recounts the spectacular turnaround of Euronext (x10 in a decade) and explains, concretely, how "the price" is built on a market. Program: 00:00:00 : What is a marketplace 00:09:45 : How Euronext multiplied by 10 in a few years 00:1…

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  • Stéphane Boujnah (Euronext) : “La France a une relation dealer-junkie avec les marchés financiers”

    July 04, 2026 · 📺 Boursorama

    Stéphane Boujnah, président du directoire d'Euronext, était l'invité de l'émission Ecorama spéciale Rencontres économiques d'Aix-en-Provence, présentée par David Jacquot sur Boursorama.com (http://Boursorama.com). Parmi les sujets abordés : le bilan du premier semestre sur les marchés financiers, le retard du CAC 40 par rapport aux autres indices européens, la réussite de l'introduction en Bourse de SpaceX, la politique monétaire de la BCE, les perspectives de taux, les valorisations de la tech américaine, les méga-IPO à venir, les alertes de l'AMF sur les vulnérabilités des marchés financiers…

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  • Be Willing to Stand Alone | Euronext CEO Stéphane Boujnah

    May 25, 2026 · 📺 CNBC International and CNBC International Live

    Just months into his first CEO role, Stéphane Boujnah chose to fight. A proposed merger between the London Stock Exchange and Deutsche Boerse threatened to dwarf Euronext, and Boujnah rejected what he saw as the safer option of adapting to a new market reality. In this episode of “Executive Decisions,” the Euronext CEO explains why he worked to derail the deal, despite pressure to stand down. He reflects on the isolation that comes with taking on larger rivals, challenging the consensus and making decisions that are emotionally difficult, not just intellectually complex. For Boujnah, that…

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  • S.Boujnah (Euronext) : "Il n'y a pas de panique des investisseurs car c'est un conflit circonscrit"

    March 16, 2026 · 📺 Boursorama

    Stéphane Boujnah, président du directoire et directeur général d'Euronext, était l'invité de l'émission Ecorama du 16 mars 2026, présentée par David Jacquot sur Boursorama.com. Parmi les sujets abordés : la résilience des marchés face au conflit au Moyen‑Orient, l’impact potentiel d’un pétrole durablement cher sur la croissance, les perspectives d’Euronext dans un environnement volatil, ainsi que les grands chantiers à venir pour la place financière européenne. __________________________________________________________________________________________ → Retrouvez la dernière interview de Stépha…

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  • Investors Diversifying Away from ‘Scary’ US, Says Euronext CEO | The Pulse 1/30

    January 30, 2026 · 📺 Bloomberg Television

    Investors are increasingly concerned about developments in the US, prompting them to allocate more of their money elsewhere, according to Euronext Chief Executive Stéphane Boujnah. “People around the world, in particular in Asia and in the Gulf, say ‘whoa, whoa, whoa, let’s diversify away from the US risk because the US is not what it used to be’,” Boujnah said Friday on Bloomberg TV. Investors see the country as a “scary environment” because of “too much volatility on decision-making” and “too much uncertainty” around tariffs, inflation and “fairness of business relationships,” he said. Toda…

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  • Masterclass with Stéphane Boujnah, President of Euronext

    January 23, 2026 · 📺 Public Sénat

    Facing off against young people, Stéphane Boujnah, President of Euronext, addresses the major challenges of our time and shares his experience and convictions. "Masterclass" is a unique encounter between students and our top business leaders! It's not every day they get to meet. On one side, students seeking guidance to build their professional future. On the other, leading business executives, accustomed to managing multinational corporations and rarely accessible. "Masterclass" creates this unique bridge and stages an unfiltered and, above all, authentic dialogue. Each month, the program wil…

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  • Euronext CEO: We are doing capital markets union for real

    November 20, 2025 · 📺 CNBC International Live

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  • Stéphane Boujnah (Président d'Euronext) : "Notre groupe est plus fort qu'il ne l'a jamais été !"

    November 13, 2025 · 📺 Boursorama

    Stéphane Boujnah, président du directoire et directeur général d'Euronext, était l'invité de l'émission Ecorama du 13 novembre 2025, présentée par David Jacquot sur Boursorama.com. Parmi les sujets abordés : l’entrée d’Euronext au CAC 40, la stratégie de diversification menée par Stéphane Boujnah, l’évolution du cours de l’action, la croissance et la rentabilité du groupe, mais aussi les perspectives de marché face à la flambée de Nvidia et aux interrogations sur une éventuelle bulle de l’IA. ___________________________________________________________________________________________ → Retrouve…

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Notable quotes

“We can't recommend it, but I think we can do it because in 1946, that was a very long time ago. We made that big effort during a time of national unity. Maurice Thorez, the Communist Minister of Production, was in General de Gaulle's government. In '58 and '59, we had an extremely difficult situation to resolve. We mostly resolved it. Well, I'll say, we did it; we did it in '83 with the austerity turn, we did it in '”

“Well, I say that this 5% rate everyone is talking about is the consequence of a certain number of difficulties we have accumulated. The first is that our starting point is that we are the country that collects the most taxes and levies from the population, about 44%. There is no developed country that collects as many taxes and levies. But we are also the country that spends the most money on public expenditure, abou”

“In the United States, if you want to have income when you are old, you have to buy stocks when you are young. Otherwise, you end up in the situation we see when arriving at the airport, at LaGuardia or Kennedy in New York: elderly people who are taxi drivers or car drivers coming to pick you up, who are quite old because they haven't saved enough, so they have to work past 75. So in the US, if you want to have income”

“The valuation of a listed company is the expectations that investors have of future performance and future profitability. You have to understand that the valuation of listed companies overweights the future, which doesn't exist yet, and underweights past profitability, whose main interest is to be an indicator of what future profitability will be, but no more than that. And unlike common sense, where you say 'well, i”

“The stock market is the price people are willing to pay to be there in the future, not for having been there in the past. When Christopher Columbus discovered America, he didn't know how long the voyage would last, and if he had told someone the duration of the voyage, he wouldn't have found a sponsor. Real life is: 'I have a conviction, I've seen things the rest of the world hasn't seen. I think I'm going to make it”

“The debt market is something very different. Today, the real point of alert, the point of attention, is sovereign debt, the price at which the State borrows. Today, Friday evening, the State, the French Republic, borrowed at 10 years at 4.45%. That is very considerable. It is very considerable because, as you know, the maturities of our debt are on average 8, 8 and a half, 9 years. That means we must now refinance ea”

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