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Matthieu Pigasse was born on 25 May, 1968 in Clichy, France, is a French investment banker. Discover Matthieu Pigasse's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 55 years old?

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Occupation Investment banker, investor
Age 55 years old
Zodiac Sign Gemini
Born 25 May 1968
Birthday 25 May
Birthplace Clichy, France
Nationality France

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His wife is Alix Etournaud

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Matthieu Pigasse Net Worth

His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Matthieu Pigasse worth at the age of 55 years old? Matthieu Pigasse’s income source is mostly from being a successful banker. He is from France. We have estimated Matthieu Pigasse's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.

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1968

Matthieu Pigasse (born 1968) is a French investment banker, media mogul and investor.

He previously served as Lazard's Global Head of Mergers and Acquisitions and Sovereign Advisory, as well as CEO of Lazard France.

He currently serves as head of Centerview Partners in France.

Pigasse was born on May 25, 1968, in Clichy near Paris.

He grew up in Normandy, rural France.

His father, Jean-Daniel Pigasse, was a journalist for La Manche libre.

His uncle, Jean-Paul Pigasse, is a media proprietor.

He graduated from the Sciences Po and the École nationale d'administration.

1994

Matthieu Pigasse started his career in 1994 at the French Treasury where he was in charge of the debt and cash management of the French State.

1998

He became advisor in charge of financial and industrial affairs for the Ministry of the Economy, Finances and Industry under Minister Dominique Strauss-Kahn from 1998 to 1999.

2000

He then served as chief of staff to Finance Minister Laurent Fabius from 2000 to 2002.

2002

Pigasse became a managing director at the investment bank Lazard in 2002.

2003

He was appointed Global head of Sovereign Advisory in 2003, working on some of the most important sovereign debt restructurings in the last decade: Iraq, Ecuador, Argentina, Cyprus and Greece.

He is also one of the most active bankers in Europe in mergers & acquisitions, advising on deals such as "the $40bn merger of Suez and Gaz de France (to become GDF Suez)or the L’Oréal buy-back of Nestlé shares."

Additionally, he advised Caisse d'Epargne to acquire a stake in Lazard.

2009

He was appointed CEO of Lazard France in 2009, the Vice Chairman of Lazard Europe in 2011 and Global head of Mergers & Acquisitions at Lazard in April 2015.

He is a board member of BSkyB, Groupe Lucien Barrière and Derichebourg.

Pigasse's family had long been involved in owning or directing media – mostly newspaper publications.

Pigasse himself has been active in the media business, selling Newsweb to Arnaud Lagardère, giving advice to Murdoch about Eurosport, helping Pink TV, as well as offering financial support to the pure player Rue89.

Through his personal holding company LNEI, he acquired the music magazine Les Inrockuptibles in 2009 and Radio Nova in 2015.

He is also a shareholder in the French version of the Huffington Post, Melty Group and Vice France.

2010

Since 2010, he has also become the co-owner along with Xavier Niel and Pierre Bergé of Le Monde, one of the main daily newspapers of France (politically, centre-left), as well as owner of the weekly magazine L’Obs (since 2014).

2011

In May 2011, he organized a free concert in honor of the 30th anniversary of the election of President François Mitterrand.

He is married to Alix Etournaud, a journalist.

They have children.

He does not own a house or a car.

Atypical in the banking landscape, Pigasse is a shameless player of video games such as Mario Party, Mario Kart and Assassin’s Creed.

He is also known to be listening to punk rock.

2014

A long-time Socialist Party member, he distanced himself from François Hollande's policies in 2014 through his third book Éloge de l’anormalité, in which he criticizes the inability of the elites globally to address the crisis and the systematic use of austerity measures.

2015

In 2015, he was appointed Chairman of les Eurockéennes in Belfort, one of the largest rock festivals in Europe.

2016

In 2016, he raised €250 million with Xavier Niel and Pierre-Antoine Capton to found Mediawan, a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC), with the ambition to become one of the largest media content and entertainment platforms in Europe.

2018

In October 2018, staff at Le Monde learned that Pigasse had sold 49% of his stake in the company to Czech businessman Daniel Křetínský.

Le Monde's Independency Group, a minority shareholder that aims to protect the paper's editorial independence, had not been informed of the sale, and asked Pigasse and Křetínský to sign an "approval agreement" that would give the Independency Group the right to approve or reject any controlling shareholder.

, they had not done so.