Pierre Bellon, fondateur de Sodexo, incarne une des plus belles réussites entrepreneuriales françaises. Pour la première fois, à 89 ans, il accepte de livrer ses combats et ses convictions. Sa parole est utile car elle est atypique, révolutionnaire, aux antipodes des discours tenus habituellement par les grands patrons du CAC 40. Ce livre s'adresse à tous ceux qui pensent, comme lui, que l'histoire n'est jamais écrite à l'avance. Et que la meilleure façon d'avancer c'est d'entreprendre. Pierre Bellon livre sa vision de l'entreprise, parle de sa raison d'être, de ses valeurs et de ses principes de management. Il fustige la technocratie. Il dénonce les dérives du capitalisme. Il plaide pour l'intra-entrepreneur. « Avant d'être grand, il faut être petit. C'est là toute ma philosophie. La réussite est un long cheminement ».

Pierre Bellon, the founder of Sodexo, is the embodiment of one of France's finest entrepreneurial successes. At 89 years of age, he has agreed for the first time to relate the story of his battles and his convictions. His words are worth heeding because they are original, revolutionary, and the antithesis of those we usually hear from major business leaders with companies in the CAC 40. This book is addressed to all those who think, like him, that history is never written in advance. And that the best way of advancing, of progressing, is through enterprise. Pierre Bellon shares with us his vision of the company, speaks about his raison d'être, his values and his principles of management. He excoriates technocracy. He denounces the deviancies and excesses of capitalism. He makes the case for the intra-entrepreneur. "Before you can grow, you have to begin small. That's my philosophy in a nutshell. It's a long road to success".