Vincent Bolloré

Vincent Bolloré is a French billionaire businessman. He is the chairman and CEO of the investment group Bolloré.

  • Vincent Bolloré runs his family’s conglomerate Bolloré Group, which was founded in 1822 as a paper manufacturer of cigarettes wrappers and bibles.
  • After a quick stint at Edmond de Rothschild bank, Bolloré took control of the struggling group in 1981 and turned it into a global giant.
  • The group, which is active in media, advertising, shipping, construction and logistics, owns a majority stake in telecom conglomerate Vivendi.
  • As chairman of Vivendi, he acquired the company’s stake in advertising giant Havas in 2017 and increased its stake in Berlusconi’s Mediaset SpA.
  • French police detained Bolloré for questioning in April as part of an investigation into how his group won port concessions in two African countries.
  • Bolloré’s group denied the allegations.

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