Macron, Rothschild, Kretinsky… The indiscreet news

Benoist Appeared

At 52, the Minister of Housing, from 2009 to 2017 of the Fillon government, will take the presidency of Emerige. The first Parisian real estate developer founded by Laurent Dumas (51% of the shares) calls on the current boss of Inli (subsidiary of Action Logement), and mayor of Chalons-en-Champagne to consolidate its place in the Top 5 promoters of Ile-de-France with turnover of €430 million.

Denis Payre

The fiery founder of Business Objects, 58-year-old Essec, continues to play spoilsport in the presidential debate. His shock proposals to save 145 billion on the state budget and 620,000 job cuts for civil servants are pushing for more competitiveness. The only entrepreneur present in the campaign, Denis Payre, the founder of Nature and People First, is like Eric Zemmour from civil society.

Ariane de Rothschild

Despite the accidental departure of her husband, Benjamin, last January, the banker continues her flawless career at the head of the Edmond de Rothschild group. . Acquired for €30 million from the Alès family, the Parisian brand on avenue François 1er will be redeployed to Asia with a target of €20 million within 2 years.

Charles Egy

The founder of Younited, a former executive of BNP Paribas, is about to join the club of tricolor unicorns at the age of 42. With a fundraising of €150 million and a valuation approaching one billion, the French consumer credit specialist with an online distribution method continues to arouse envy. Supplier of neo-banks, the young shoot founded in 2012, already 460 employees, will soon be the only one to offer split credits between 1 and 48 months!

Michel Barnier does not rule out meeting Eric Zemmour if he wins the LR primaries.

Olivia Grégoire, the Secretary of State to the Minister of the Economy, former companion of Manuel Valls, is approached by Emmanuel Macron to feed his program in 2022.

"Regionalise employment policies as much as possible": such is the recommendation of the former CEO of Pôle Emploi, Hervé Chapron.

The Provençal group Pellenc, world leader in wine-growing equipment (280 M€ of turnover), takes 30% of the Toulouse-based AgreenCulture to launch the first autonomous robot for maintenance of the vines.

Thales markets its first civilian drone with Issoire Aviation, a market that will reach 12 billion euros according to Statista.

The sealing specialist, Repack-S, in Cuisery (Saône-et-Loire), 8 M€ turnover, announces that it has gained 30% in productivity with a 90 K€ robot marketed by Isycod.

In Elbeuf (Seine-Maritime), Hafid Belhani, founder of ACFT (40 employees) is launching Vicap, the first global solution for recycling coffee capsules. The Nice Malongo would already be interested.

At the age of 82, the financier Guy Wyser-Pratte, ex-instructor of the Marines in Vietnam, takes 2.5% of the papermaker Gascogne.

The climate research center (Sirta) will be set up on the Polytechnique campus in Paris-Saclay.

The mayor of Maisons-Laffitte (92), Jacques Myard, announces the return of racing to the racecourse purchased by the city for €6.6 million.

The Saudi sovereign wealth fund PIF (nothing to do with the magazine relaunched by former minister Frédéric Lefebvre) has acquired 80% of English football club Newcastle for €360m.

AirZen, the positive radio, is the only new DAB+ digital radio validated by the CSA.

Stéphane Soumier, boss of B-Smart, is worried about the strategy of its shareholder Daniel Kretinsky after his 5% investment in TF1.

Back to basics, the Ateliers de Nîmes are relaunching the manufacture of toile de Nîmes in the city that invented jeans.

The Breton group Le Duff (Brioche Dorée, Del Arte, Pierre bakeries, etc., €2 billion turnover, 30,000 employees in 100 countries), is recruiting 180 people for its Bridor production sites, in Rennes and Mayenne.

Julien Madar, a 32-year-old former Rothschild banker, is one of Éric Zemmour's main financiers.

According to the APCM, digital subscriptions represent 77% of the circulation of Le Monde, 54% of Le Figaro and 50% for Les Échos.

Nicolas d'Hueppe, founder of Alchimie, launches with the Entreprendre group (listed on Euronext), Lafont presseTV, a channel of programs on demand.

According to BpiFrance, 10% of start-ups are industrial, and the trend is on the rise.

With 37,000 students, the Catholic University of Lille is the largest private university in Europe.

The former boss of Orange, Didier Lombard, is surprised that there are no more engineers on the Management Committee. And to ask for an emergency plan to promote a sovereign Big Data, with Doctors in computer science trained in France.

Actor Christophe Lambert is investing in a new 5-star hotel in Beaune.

Card fraud? The magistrate Charles Prats is surprised that there are 75.3 million people insured in a country of 67.1 million inhabitants.

Marie Claire (Cosmo, Cuisine et Vin de France) becomes the reference shareholder of Planet Media for €1.6 million, a site competing with the daily newspaper for seniors.

In Béziers, Le Petit Béret, the start-up of alcohol-free wine launched by Dominique Laporte and Fahti Benni, is aiming for €5 million in turnover by 2023.

Frédéric Jousset, co-founder of Webhelp, transforms the old airship hangar of Meudon (1789) into a cultural place.

In Strasbourg, two chronobiologists, Domitille Boudard and Daniela Verra are launching Bye Blues, the first connected lamp to preserve sleep.

After the rosé from Miraval in Provence, Brad Pitt is launching a champagne with the family group from Marne, Perrin and Peters.

The founder of Biogroupe (€11 million turnover), Laurent Couillomme-Labarthe, in Erquy (Côtes d'Armor), is investing €6 million in a new plant-based beverage factory based on Kombucha.

Loïc Pochet, creator of Calamalo, the hydrogen seaplane, wants to set up his factory in Hérault.

The founder of Kiloutou, Franky Mulliez, is investing €50 million in the restoration of the Château de Dampierre-en-Yvelines, built by Jules Hardouin-Mansart in the 17th century.