 By the time he relinquished his position to his successor, Michel Vaillaud, in 1985, the company had a net profit of I.2 billion on a revenue of 6.4 billion and had presence in over 100 countries, controlling the operations of 70 percent of the world's oil wells.At that time, the company employed 80,000 people, held 10.9 billion in assets and was considered by many as the best managed company in the world.Riboud married Krishna Roy, historian, art collector, the great grand niece of Rabindranath Tagore and niece of Soumendranath Tagore, and the great grand daughter of Dwijendranath Tagore, in 1949, and the couple had a son, Christophe.