Marc Ladreit de Lacharriere
Paris, France
France
finance, Self Made
$4,200,000,000
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#472 Billionaires 2019
Marc Ladreit de Lacharriere is chief executive and chairman of Fimalac, an investment group primarily focused on digital media and real estate. Fimalac went private in July 2017 after Ladreit de Lacharriere's Groupe Marc De Lacharriere acquired all of Fimalac's shares.Ladreit de Lacharriere founded Fimalac in 1991 and purchased a stake in Fitch Ratings in 1998. Fimalac sold 30% of Fitch Ratings to media firm Hearst for $1.97 billion at the beginning of 2015, bringing Hearst's stake to 80%.It sold its remaining 20% stake in Fitch for $2.8 billion in 2018; the firm now operates live entertainment shows and venues.
Ladreit de Lacharriere attended the prestigious Ecole Nationale d'Administration then joined Banque Indosuez. He is president of the Fondation Culture et Diversité, which he founded in 2006 with his daughter.
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