2023-04-28 17:04:10
Pierre Leroy, Chairman and CEO of Hachette. RAPHAEL-SORET
EXCLUSIVE MAINTENANCE – The CEO of the publishing group, about to be swallowed up by Vivendi, wants to continue the adventure. It reveals the creation of a mega-distribution center in France.
2023 is the hour of major maneuvers for Hachette Livre. In the bosom of the Lagardère group, the French leader in publishing and number three in the sector on the world stage is in the process of being swallowed up by the media giant Vivendi, directed by the Bolloré family. “These two years have been rich in emotion“, confides to Figaro Pierre Leroy, chairman and CEO of Hachette. This close friend of Arnaud Lagardère, who started the adventure with his father Jean-Luc Lagardère a few decades ago, was appointed head of the publishing group in March 2021 after the brutal landing of Arnaud Nourry. “The renunciation of Vivendi to merge Hachette and Editis succeeded in extinguishing the anxieties of the collaborators. The climate is more peaceful now“, he assures.
Since taking office, Hachette’s turnover has increased from 2.4 billion to 2.8 billion euros in 2022. France representing almost a third of its income, just ahead of the United States where the group rises to…
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