Family
Vigier's brother, François, is a professor at Harvard University Graduate School of Design and President of the Institute for International Urban Development. Vigier's father was a professor of English, such that Vigier became fluent in English and French, his native language. Vigier has a son with André Jallon an executive at Renault in Belgium, named Adrien Henri Vigier. Adrien Vigier initially began his graduate studies in physics, but changed from physics after receiving his masters degree to obtain a PhD in Economics from Cambridge.
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