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About Lagardere

History

1945-1980

1945
  • Creation of Matra (Mécanique Aviation TRAction). The company starts work on researching and developing a twin-engine plane designed to have a maximum speed of 800 km/h (the fastest propeller plane in the world).
1945
  • Hachette launches Elle and the earliest titles in its current group of publications.
1951
  • The sound barrier is broken in horizontal flight for the first time in Europe by a special Matra engine (Mach 1.4).
1953
  • In partnership with Henri Filipacchi, Hachette launches the Livre de Poche imprint, which remains a market leader today.
1961
  • The European space programme begins. Matra becomes the first prime contractor for satellites.
1963
  • Jean-Luc Lagardère is appointed CEO of Matra, which at the time has a workforce of 1,450.
1967
  • The Matra 530 is presented at the Geneva Motor Show.
1972
  • Matra is appointed prime contractor for its first automated urban transport system, the VAL.
1974
  • Third consecutive victory in the Le Mans 24-hour rally and second manufacturers' World Championship title for Matra-Simca.
1975
  • Matra wins a contract from the CNES and the ESA to build the loading bay for the new European launcher Ariane.

Press releases

2020/08/11

Monthly information relating to the total number of voting rights and shares making up the share capital

2020/08/07

Lagardère Travel Retail opens first location in Japan in partnership with Pierre Hermé

Arnaud Lagardère Editorial

"We achieved our objectives in 2018, delivering revenue and recurring EBIT in line with our forecasts, as in previous years. ..."
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The group's activities

Created in 1992, Lagardère is an international group with operations in more than 40 countries worldwide. It employs over 30,000 people and generated revenue of €7,211 million in 2019.

Under the impetus of the Group's General and Managing Partner, Arnaud Lagardère, in 2018, the Group launched a strategic refocusing around two priority divisions: Lagardère Publishing and Lagardère Travel Retail.

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The group's values

Lagardère's values and corporate culture are founded on two pillars: its rich and varied history and the commitment of the people, past and present, who represent it.