Vincent 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.