Jerome Seydoux

Jerome Seydoux Fornier de Clausonne is a business man French born on September 21st 1934. He is the brother of Nicolas Seydoux and Michel Seydoux.

Biographical elements

Heir to the Schlumberger family and graduate to the 3Ecole Nationale Sup3erieure to electronics, electrical engineering and hydraulics of Toulouse (ENSEEIHT), Jerome Seydoux begins his career in 1962 as an financial analyst at Istel Lepercq and Co in New York in 1962. He will be then active partner collective (1964), manager (1966), member of the directory (1969-1970) and administrator of the Bank of Neuflize, Schlumberger, Mallet.Il takes over his Rene father after his death (1973) while becoming executive defect president (1970) then managing director (1975-1976) of Schlumberger Ltd.Il tries to free himself from the supervision of the chairman and managing director of Schlumberger Jean Riboud. But the manager takes shade and lays off the heir. Following this ousting, it takes again then the textile group Pricel in 1976 then the conglomerate Chargeurs in 1980. In 1986, at the sides of Silvio Berlusconi, and with the support of the President Mitterrand, he will be chairman of the board of the FIVE, his first experiment in the audio-visual mediums.

In 1991 it repurchases with Giancarlo Parretti the company of cinema Pathé for 1 billion frank, of which it is since the president, while his/her brother Nicolas directs Gaumont.

In 1998-1999 he is chairman of the board of British Sky Broadcasting.

In 1973, he answers at the request of Philippe Viannay not to divide the family shares in the capital of the Nouvel Observateur then, in 1977, he agrees to take part in the capital of the Morning on the same level as Claude Perdriel.

Today Jerome Seydoux also occupies a place with the board of directors of the Olympic Lyonese and with that of Accor. Up to 2005, it was also present at the board of directors of Danone, like member and vice-president of the board of trustees of the Compagnie of Mont Blanc.

Anecdotes

  • Jerome Seydoux is of Protestant confession.
  • It is impassioned of poker.
  • Jerome Seydoux married the widow of his best friend, Christophe Riboud, wire of Jean Riboud his enemy intimate.

External bond

  • Some elements of its genealogy

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