Alain Weill (born 6 April 1961) is a French business executive. He is the founder, chairman of the board and chief executive officer of

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(which includes BFM TV and

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Early life

Alain Weill was born on 6 April 1961 in

Strasbourg Strasbourg (, , ; german: Straßburg ; gsw, label=Bas Rhin Alsatian, Strossburi , gsw, label=Haut Rhin Alsatian, Strossburig ) is the prefecture and largest city of the Grand Est region of eastern France and the official seat of the Eu ...

, France. He received a degree in economics and an

MBA A Master of Business Administration (MBA; also Master's in Business Administration) is a postgraduate degree focused on business administration. The core courses in an MBA program cover various areas of business administration such as accounti ...

from

HEC Paris HEC Paris (french: École des hautes études commerciales de Paris) is a business school, and one of the most prestigious and selective grandes écoles, located in Jouy-en-Josas, France. HEC offers Master in Management, MSc International Fi ...

Career

In 1985, Weill started his career at

NRJ NRJ (NRJ is an acronym read as Nouvelle Radio Jeune, or ''énergie'' in French, pronounced , literally "energy") is a private French radio station created by Jean-Paul Baudecroux and Max Guazzini in June 1981, and was widely popularized than ...

, and later became CEO of Quarare, a subsidiary of

Sodexo Sodexo (formerly Sodexho Alliance) is a French food services and facilities management company headquartered in the Paris suburb of Issy-les-Moulineaux. It has 412,088 employees as of 2021, operates in 55 countries and serves 100 million custome ...

. In 1990, he served as executive assistant to the CEO of

Compagnie Luxembourgeoise de Télédiffusion RTL Group (for "Radio Television Luxembourg") is a Luxembourg-based international media conglomerate, with another corporate centre in Cologne, Germany. The company operates 68 television channels and 31 radio stations in Germany, France and ...

(CLT), and later chairman and chief executive officer. He became CEO of the

NRJ Group The NRJ Group (NRJ is an acronym read as ''énergie'' in French, pronounced ) () is a French multimedia group based in Paris. Its founders are Jean-Paul Baudecroux and Max Guazzini. Since its foundation in 1981 as a French pop music radio ...

in 1992, and of NRJ Régies in 1995. In 1997, he became deputy chairman of the management board. He founded Nextradio in 2000 and took over RMC radio. He oversaw the acquisition of BFM (now

BFM Business BFM Business (called BFM for ''Business FM'' until April 2009 and BFM Radio until November 2010) is France's first business news channel. It's also the most-listened to business news radio station in this country. From November 2010, BFM Business ...

) in 2002, and the launch of news channel BFM TV in 2005. In 2010, he sold 80% of '' La Tribune'' to Valérie Decamp for €1 and he still owns 20%. Weill was appointed CEO of SFR Media in May 2016, and in November 2017 became Chairman and CEO of SFR Group, as well as COO of Altice Media. He has served as Chairman of the Syndicat indépendant des régies de radios privés (SIRRP) since 1998. He serves on the Board of Directors of

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References

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