Arnaud Lagardère (; born 18 March 1961) is a French businessman, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Lagardère SA, holding company of the Lagardère group and Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of

Hachette Livre Hachette Livre S.A. (; simply known as Hachette) is a French publishing, publishing group that was based in Paris. It was founded in 1826 by Louis Hachette as Brédif which later became successively L. Hachette et Compagnie, Librairie Hachette, ...

. He is the son of

Jean-Luc Lagardère Jean-Luc Lagardère (; 10 February 1928 – 14 March 2003) was a major French businessman, CEO of the Lagardère Group, one of the largest French conglomerates. Career Jean-Luc Lagardère was a '' Supélec'' engineer. He began his career in ...

, the former chairman of

Matra Matra (an acronym for Mécanique Aviation Traction) was a major French industrial Conglomerate (company), conglomerate. Its business activities covered a wide range of industries, notably aerospace manufacturer, aerospace, defence industry, def ...

and Hachette.

Career

With a DEA higher degree (Master) in economics from

Paris Dauphine University Paris Dauphine University - PSL () is a Grande École and public institution of higher education and research based in Paris, France, Collegiate university, constituent college of PSL University. As of 2022, Dauphine has 9,400 students in 8 fields ...

, Arnaud Lagardère joined the

Lagardère Group Lagardère S.A. () is an international group with operations in over 40 countries. Based in the 16th arrondissement of Paris, the group was founded and created in 1992 by Jean-Luc Lagardère under the name Matra, Hachette & Lagardère. Headed ...

in 1986. He was appointed Director (1986) and then CEO (1989) of MMB, which became Lagardère SCA in 1996. Since that time, he has held different positions within the Group, including Chairman of Grolier Inc. in the United States (1994–1998), Chairman of

Europe 1 Europe 1, (''Europe un'') formerly known as Europe nº 1, is a privately owned radio station created in 1955. It was owned and operated by Lagardère News, a subsidiary of the Lagardère Group, it was one of the leading radio broadcasting s ...

- Communication (1999–2007), etc.; since 2003, he has headed the Lagardère Group as General Partner. In 2001, he took over control of day-to-day businesses of his father

. Since his arrival at the head of the group in 2003, Arnaud Lagardère has gradually refocused

to make it a pure media group which is among the world leaders in the sector. In book publishing, the group acquired 40% of Vivendi Universal Publishing,

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, and

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. Lagardère Publishing become one of the top publishers in its sector worldwide. In 2006, it created a new entity – Lagardère Sports – which became Lagardère Unlimited in May 2010, specializing in sport industry and entertainment, with the successive acquisitions of Sportfive
IEC in Sports

World Sport Group Headquartered in Singapore, World Sport Group was a sports marketing, event management and media company in Asia, with a roster of golf, association football and cricket events. World Sport Group manages almost 600 days of sports events annually, ...

and Best. In September 2015, Lagardère Unlimited has been renamed Lagardère Sports and Entertainment. Today, driven by Arnaud Lagardère, the group is working to expand its business digitally, especially in publishing and media. Arnaud Lagardère has been a Director of France Télécom (2003–2008),

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(2003–2009), and FIMALAC (2003–2006), and a member of the supervisory board of

Le Monde (; ) is a mass media in France, French daily afternoon list of newspapers in France, newspaper. It is the main publication of Le Monde Group and reported an average print circulation, circulation of 480,000 copies per issue in 2022, including ...

(2005–2008). According to '' Variety'', in 2024, he has stepped down from his executive roles as he battles accusations of embezzlement in France.

Positions

Positions in the group

Arnaud Lagardère currently holds the following positions: Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Lagardère SA, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Hachette Livre, General and Managing Partner of Lagardère Radio SCA, Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors of Louis Hachette Group and President of the Jean-Luc Lagardère Foundation.

Other positions outside the group

Outside the group, Arnaud Lagardère was director and chairman of SOGEADE-GÉRANCE (a French holding company for aeronautics, defense, and space) from 2007 to 2013, member of the board of directors of

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N.V. from 2003 to 2013, became chairman of EADS’ board of directors from 2012, and member of the Conseil stratégique des technologies de l’information (Strategic Information Technology Council) from 2004 to 2007.

Personal life

Lagardère was married to Manuela Erdödy from 1985 to 2010. Then he married the Belgian model Jade Foret in Paris on 24 May 2013.

References

External links

Official website of Lagardère Group

Lagardère Publishing / Hachette Livre

Lagardère Travel Retail

Lagardère Sports and Entertainment

{{DEFAULTSORT:Lagardere, Arnaud 1961 births Living people Businesspeople from Boulogne-Billancourt French book publishers (people) Paris Dauphine University alumni Arnaud