Here are the most influential French people in the world according to the magazine’s photo credit: Instagram captures @omarsyofficial @ayanakamurao_fficiel @olivier_rousteing
Forbes magazine has unveiled the list of the 50 most influential French personalities in the world. Athletes, musicians, actors, but also researchers or entrepreneurs, discover the women and men who in 2021 shone beyond our borders.
Television and Internet
At 46,
Guillaume Lacroix
is the CEO of Brut, the leading social media media in Europe, whose videos garner over 2 billion views every month. 46 is also the age of
Pierre Antoine Capton
CEO of the production company Mediawan, whose turnover is approaching
billion euros
. He recently partnered with Apple to launch Explore, a subscription video streaming platform dedicated to documentaries.
In the end,
Forbes
distinguishes the blogger
Emilia Daudin
34, aka @emiliebrunette (150,000 Instagram subscribers), raising awareness about breast cancer and raised
2.4 million euros
for the Gustave-Roussy Institute.
Sport
In the sport category, the judoka
Clarisse Agbegnenou
world champion and double gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics, he confronts the handball player
Cleopatra Darleux
and the gymnast
Melanie De Jesus Dos Santos
. Without to forget
Marie-Amelie Le Fur
holder of 21 Olympic and world medals, including 7 gold, who will chair the Paris 2024 Paralympic Committee.
Karim Benzema
the basketball player
Evan Fournier
who signed for 4 years with the New York Knicks (contract amount:
66 million euros
), and the rugby player
Antoine Dupont
.
Cinema and theater
Three French directors are honored:
Julia Ducourtnau
winner of the Palme d’Or at the 2021 Cannes Film Festival for the audacious
Titanium
;
Audrey Diwan
who signed
The event
Leone d’Oro at the Venice Film Festival, e
Alice Doyard
co-director of
Colette
Oscar for the best documentary short film.
They are accompanied by the director of photography
Claire Mathon
(
Portrait of the girl on fire
,
Investigation into the state scandal
,
spencer
).
Léa Seydoux
,
Camillo Cottin
,
Sami Outalbali
(
Sex education
,
A story of love and desire
) And
Omar Sy
stand out in front of the camera.
Forbes
also healthy
Florian Zeller
Oscar for Best Non-Original Screenplay for
The father
and the most performed living French author in the world.
Omar Sy signs a contract with Netflix, the first time for a French actor
Building on the success of
Lupine
, which attracted 76 million families in the month following its launch, Omar Sy has signed a multi-year contract with the streaming platform. His production company based in Paris and Los Angeles will develop original films for Netflix. Omar Sy will be both actor and executive producer. If the amount of the deal has not been disclosed, some sources cite a sum included
between 12 and 15 million dollars
.
science and medicine
There are two Frenchmen engaged in the fight against the pandemic:
Stefano Bancel
CEO of Moderna, an esteemed company around
110 billion euros
And
Chantal Pichon
, researcher, who studies messenger RNA. They are listed alongside
Valerie Masson-Delmotte
paleoclimatologist, who co-directed the IPCC report published in August 2021, e
Françoise Rimareix
medical director of the Gustave-Roussy Institute, the fifth best cancer hospital in the world according to the magazine
News week
.
Entrepreneurs / Business Managers
Vincenzo Bolore
sold Universal Music for almost
20 billion euros
, acquired Prisma Media, the magazine’s printing leader, and strengthened its stake in Jean-Luc Lagardère’s former empire. On his side,
Nicola Giulia
founds the esteemed startup Sorare
3.7 billion euros
, specializing in NFT (blockchain-authenticated digital tokens) of footballer stamps. The company will open an office in New York and expand into other sports.
Another French success: Mirakl, founded in 2012 by
Filippo Corrot
And
Adrian Nussembaum
. The company, esteemed
3 billion euros
is the world leader in market software solutions for major brands.
Two women complete the ranking: the lawyer
Yas Banifatemi
, expert in international legal arbitration, who teaches at Harvard. And
Gaelle d’Engremont
partner of PAI Partners, where he directs the Food & Consumer division.
Fashion and luxury
Forbes
greet the success of
Cedric Charbit
CEO of Balenciaga, whose turnover was around
billion euros
before the health crisis. Another success: that of
Oliver Rousteing
, 36 years of which 10 at Balmain, a turnover multiplied by seven and 34 shops against only one upon his arrival. Other influential figures include the shoemaker
Christian Louboutin
,
Alexandre Arnault
29 years old, to whom her father entrusted the reins of the jewelry brand Tiffany (bought for almost
15 billion euros
in 2021), and
Isabelle Chouvet
CEO of The Independents, specialist in events and digital marketing in the fashion, luxury and lifestyle sectors.
Music
The rappers
CHS
whose fifth album went platinum in a month, e
Jul.
4 million records sold are cited – a record for French rap
Aya Nakamura
, the most listened to French-speaking artist in the world. The pianist
Alexander Kantorow
he can boast of having won the first prize as well as the gold medal of the Tchaikovsky competition, the first time for a French musician.
Gastronomy
In the ranking of
Forbes
:
Arnaud Donckele
who works for the Cheval Blanc group, Mory Sacko, winner of
Top Chef
crowned with a star four months after the opening of his MoSuke restaurant, e
Domenico Crenn
, the first chef to be awarded 3 stars in the United States with her Atelier Crenn restaurant. She recently returned to the capital where she opened French Nola. Without forgetting the pastry chef
Amaury Guichon
that delights the taste buds of Las Vegas residents.
Literature, dance and theater
David Diop
received the prestigious Booker Prize (along with a check for
50,000 euros
) for his novel
In the light all the blood is black
a novelty for a French writer.
Ariane Gefard
, a literary agent, specializes in feminist authors such as Mona Chollet or Titiou Lecoq. The choreographer
Mehdi Kerkouche
he recently collaborated with the Paris Opera. As for the philosopher
manon garcia
now teaches at the prestigious Yale University.
arts and culture
Three curators surround the painter
Claire stool
and the plastic surgeon
Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster
:
Laurence des Cars
director of the Louvre,
Emma Lavigne
stolen from the Palais de Tokyo by François Pinault to manage the Bourse de commerce, e
Anna Baldassari
which collaborates in particular with the Louis Vuitton Foundation.
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