 Pierre-Olivier Beckers has been made a baron in July 2012.In November 2012 he has obtained, for himself and his descendants, a name change into "Beckers-Vieujant".Beckers obtained a BA in applied economics at the Universite Catholique de Louvain (Louvain School of Management), Louvain-La-Neuve and an MBA at Harvard Business School (United States).