Yannick Bolloré (born 1 February 1980) is a French businessman, currently the chairman and chief executive officer (CEO) of

Havas Havas SA is a French multinational advertising and public relations company, headquartered in Paris, France. It operates in more than 100 countries and is one of the largest advertising and communications groups in the world. Havas consists of ...

, the fifth largest global communications company, and chairman of the supervisory board of

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, a global entertainment, media and communications company whose majority shareholder is the family-controlled

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chaired by his brother Cyrille Bolloré.

Career

Having begun a DESS (French university degree) in audio-visual communication, in 2002 Bolloré founded film production company WY Productions, whose films include Hell, Yves Saint-Laurent, Des vents contraires and Amitiés sincères, together with Wassim Béji, nephew of French-Tunisian producer Tarak Ben Ammar. In July 2006, he joined Bolloré Group chaired by his father Vincent, as programs director of

Direct 8 Direct 8 was a national French TV channel, owned by Vincent Bolloré. It was available through digital terrestrial television network "TNT" and the Astra 1H satellite position. As the name suggests ('direct' is French for 'live'), Direct 8 was o ...

. The TV channel achieved the highest audience growth of any French television channel at the time thanks to the broadcast of the matches of the French women's football team and the creation of the popular

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program presented by

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. From September 2009 to September 2010, he was CEO of Bolloré Média, which includes TV channel Direct 8, the freesheets Direct Matin (largest daily paper in France with over one million circulation) and Direct Soir, the Bolloré Intermédia advertising network, and opinion pollster CSA. In March 2010, he purchased the

Virgin 17 Virgin 17 was a French music video and TV show television network owned by the MCM Group, a subsidiary of Lagardère Active. It was available through digital terrestrial television (DTT). The channel was created for the launch of DTT and model ...

television channel from

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and in September relaunched it under a new brand

Direct Star Direct Star was a French free-to-air music television channel owned by Vincent Bolloré, that launched and replaced Virgin 17 on 1 September 2010. The channel has been replaced on 7 October 2012 by D17 after being bought by the French group Cana ...

. Between October 2009 and June 2010, he founded several companies including Havas Productions, and Direct Cinéma, a joint film production company. Yannick Bolloré was appointed vice-president of Havas in March 2011. In September 2011, he signed a deal to sell the television business of Bolloré Média, which had become the no. 3 private radio and TV broadcaster in France, to

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for close to €465 million in exchange for

shares, which makes Bolloré Group the largest Vivendi shareholder. He was appointed chairman and CEO of the Havas Group in August 2013. In July 2017, the Vivendi group acquired Bolloré Group's majority stake in Havas. In 2019, Havas Group reported revenue of €2,3778 million. Yannick Bolloré has been a director of Bolloré Participations since 1998, Bolloré since 2009, Havas since 2010 and the Rodin Museum since 2015. He has been a member of the influential club ''

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''.

Personal life

In June 2006, Yannick Bolloré married Chloé Bouygues, niece of

Martin Bouygues Martin Pierre Marie Bouygues (; born 3 May 1952) is the chairman and chief executive officer of the French company Bouygues which employs around 130,000 people globally. It was founded by his father Francis Bouygues in 1952. In 2015, he was rank ...

. He is the father of four daughters.

Awards and honours

*Young Global Leader at the

World Economic Forum The World Economic Forum (WEF) is an international non-governmental and lobbying organisation based in Cologny, canton of Geneva, Switzerland. It was founded on 24 January 1971 by German engineer and economist Klaus Schwab. The foundation, ...

(since 2008) *

B'nai Brith B'nai B'rith International (, from he, בְּנֵי בְּרִית, translit=b'né brit, lit=Children of the Covenant) is a Jewish service organization. B'nai B'rith states that it is committed to the security and continuity of the Jewish peopl ...

Gold Medal, for having “illustrated and defended the individual and universal values of ethics and philosophical and religious morals” (2010) * Chevalier de l'Ordre des arts et lettres de la République française (Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters of the French Republic) (2012)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Bollore, Yannick 1980 births Living people French advertising executives French chief executives Paris Dauphine University alumni Saint-Jean de Passy alumni Chevaliers of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres