Arnaud Lagardère
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Lagardère SA and Hachette Livre
Arnaud Lagardère holds a DEA post-graduate degree in economics from the University of Paris Dauphine. He was appointed Director and Chief Executive Officer of MMB (which became Lagardère SCA and then Lagardère SA) in 1987. He was Chairman of the US company Grolier Inc. from 1994 to 1998. Arnaud Lagardère was appointed Managing Partner of the Company by way of a decision by Arjil Commanditée-Arco approved by the Supervisory Board on 26 March 2003 and his term of office was subsequently renewed in 2009, 2015 and 2020.
He has been appointed Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Lagardère SA on 30 June 2021, and Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Hachette Livre on 8 November 2023.
Since 6 November 2023, Arnaud Lagardère has also been General and Managing Partner of Lagardère Radio SCA, which brings together the activities of Europe 1, Europe 2 and RFM.
He has been appointed Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors of Louis Hachette Group on 29 April 2025.
He has been appointed Chairman of Prisma Media, effective 27 August 2025.