Arnaud de Puyfontaine
Arnaud de Puyfontaine | |
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Born | Paris, France | 26 April 1964
Education | ESCP Business School, Harvard Business School, Institut Multimédias |
Occupation(s) | CEO, Vivendi |
Arnaud de Puyfontaine (French pronunciation: [aʁno də pɥifɔ̃tɛn]; born 26 April 1964) is a French businessman who has been the chief executive officer of Vivendi since 2014.[1]
Early life
Arnaud de Puyfontaine graduated from
Career
Puyfontaine joined
In 1995 he joined
In 2006 Emap plc sold its French subsidiary, which joined Mondadori group. Thanks to this purchase, the French magazine sector was opened for the Italian media group. In April 2006 Arnaud de Puyfontaine became President of Mondadori France holding, which aims at developing new activities. In this regard, he was appointed managing director for digital business of the Mondadori group. He resigned in August 2008 and became senior advisor to Maurizio Costa, vice-president and trustee of Arnoldo Mondadori Editore group. In October 2008 Nicolas Sarkozy launched national consultations on printed media and nominated Arnaud de Puyfontaine as President of the "Print, transport, distribute, finance : how to regenerate industrial process of printed media?" working group. Later, he was tasked by the President of the French republic with a mission to follow up and implement decisions that have been taken and have influenced recent evolvements of the sector.[6]
In April 2009 he created Elteg with Christophe Agnus and Rémi Poulet. Elteg is a technology and innovation company involved in Enterprise Content Management (ECM) with its division named Walabiz, hotel industry (Kangaroo PMS), and publishes Sopixi, an e-shopping and free website development platform. On 15 May 2009 he became CEO of The National Magazine Company (Natmags), British subsidiary of Hearst Corporation, responsible for European activities. In June 2011, following the acquisition of publications sold by Lagardère group, he was appointed Executive Vice-president of Hearst Magazine International.[7] In May 2012 De Puyfontaine joined the board of Schibsted, one of the leading media groups in Scandinavia.
In January 2014 de Puyfontaine joined Vivendi as Senior Executive Vice President for media and content activities.[8] On 24 June 2014 he was elected chairman of the management board.
In June 2021, he was appointed at the board of
Other activities
Corporate boards
- Editis, chairman of the Board of Directors
- Prisma Media, chairman of the Board of Directors
- Telecom Italia, Member of the Board of Directors (since 2015)
Non-profit organizations
- Aspen Institute, Member of the Board of Trustees
- ESCP-Europe Alumni, President
- Le Siècle, Member
- MEDEF, Member of the Committee on Economic Dialogue
- Paris Europlace, Member of the Board of Directors[10]
- French-American Foundation, President (2015-2018).[11]
Recognition
De Puyfontaine is Chevalier in the National Order of Merit and the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres.[12]
Personal life
His maternal grandfather, André-Marie Gerard, was editor-in-chief of L'Aurore from 1957 to 1960. Later, he was director of TV news programmes at the RTF and subsequently became Inspector-General of the ORTF.
Notes and references
- ^ "Red faces at Hearst as CEO de Puyfontaine does exit for Vivendi". www.campaignlive.co.uk.
- ^ https://www.vivendi.com/en/biographie/arnaud-de-puyfontaine/ Archived 2019-12-18 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ http://www.vivendi.com/vivendi-en/governance/management-board/arnaud-de-puyfontaine/ Archived 2014-10-12 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Arnaud de Puyfontaine - Who's Who". www.whoswho.fr.
- ^ "Arnaud de Puyfontaine termine son mandat à l'APPM". Stratégies. March 28, 2007.
- ^ "National Magazine Company names Sarkozy adviser Arnaud de Puyfontaine chief executive". the Guardian. March 26, 2009.
- ^ "Arnaud de Puyfontaine appointed MD for Western Europe at Hearst mags". www.campaignlive.co.uk.
- ^ "Arnaud de Puyfontaine to join Vivendi". the Guardian. November 26, 2013.
- ^ "Claire Léost nommée Présidente de Prisma Media - Vivendi".
- ^ Board of Directors Paris Europlace.
- ^ "French-American Foundation : Arnaud de Puyfontaine passe le témoin à Alain Papiasse". LEFIGARO. 5 December 2018.
- ^ "Arnaud de Puyfontaine : Directeur général des activités médias et contenus de Vivendi". www.lsa-conso.fr.