Mino Yamamoto joined l’X in 2009 and is now one of its patrons. She is the Product Group Innovation and Marketing Manager at Valeo, and she was awarded the Pierre Faurre Prize in October 2018, in recognition of her promising career in industry. The Prize, awarded annually by the l’X Foundation, was set up in honor of Pierre Faurre (Year of Entry: 1960), member of the French Academy of Sciences and former President of École Polytechnique, who passed away in 2001.