Philippe Amaury

Philippe Amaury ( born March 6, 1940 at Oise; † 23 May 2006) was a French publisher and one of the most influential entrepreneurs in the French economy.

Life and work

Amaury was the son of the publisher Emilien Amaury, who had founded in 1944, immediately after the liberation from fascism, the daily newspaper « Parisien libéré ". Amaury fils studied Political Science and received his doctorate in law. For successor although his father not him, but the daughter Francine had provided. After a fatal riding accident in 1977 took place between the two brothers a legal battle that could be completed only in 1983 with an agreed comparison. While Philippe Amaury newspapers like the sports newspaper L' Équipe and the tabloid Le Parisien took over, Francine Amaury led the magazines like " Marie -France ", " Point de Vue Images du Monde " and was also responsible for public relations.

"Le Parisien "

The " Parisien " had suffered from 1975 to 1977, a self-destructive conflict with the communist union CGT, which dropped its circulation from 700,000 to 300,000 copies. Amaury père wanted to break the monopoly of the CGT, which had nearly ended in disaster for his main medium. In 1983, then corrected Philippe Amaury the negative image of the " Parisien ", were thrown on the hitherto xenophobic tendencies and an aggressive Leitartikellinie. With the editors Martin Desprez and Jean -Pierre Courcol Amaury the " Parisien " walked to a popular quality newspaper.

The shortcomings of the " Parisien " could be compensated by the gains of " L' Equipe ", which has become very profitable in the years 1980 to 1990. With 355,000 copies, " L' Equipe " (2006), the best-selling daily newspaper in France before Le Monde (Le Parisien: 338,000 in 2005). Renewed conflict with the CGT from 2000 to 2001 led to a new delivery system for the " Parisien ".

Sports Publications

More leaves Éditions Philippe Amaury came to the (EPA ) or short groupe Amaury added: " L' Écho républicain ", " L' Équipe magazine ", " France Football " and " Vélo Magazine ". In 1992, the company Amaury Amaury Sport Organisation (ASO ), with whom he organized the Tour de France, the Paris-Dakar Rally and other sporting events. Amaury held through its subsidiary Hachette Filipacchi Médias (HFM ) 25 percent of the shares of Lagardère Média the media and defense company Groupe Lagardère, which made him one of the richest Frenchmen. The annual turnover of the Group amounted to € Amaury 2004 620 million years, its value in 2006 was estimated at one billion €. As a financial debacle, however, the purchase of the theme park Futuroscope at Poitiers proved in 2000, after three years, he had this with a loss of 35 million euros sell again. As a result, had to resign his longtime collaborators and Director General of the groupe Amaury Jean -Pierre Courcol.

Family

As a media entrepreneur, he understood it nevertheless, discreet shield his private life and his family by the public. Although most media entrepreneurs was the same publicity-shy and almost no interviews were such as its German counterpart Leo Kirch, he still played a key role in the French economy.

Amaury died at the age of 66 after a long battle with cancer. He is survived by his wife, Marie -Odile, Vice - President of the Éditions Philippe Amaury and the children Aurore ( b. 1974 ), lawyer at Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw LLP and Director of Strategic Studies at the groupe Amaury and Jean -Étienne ( b. 1977 ). Marie- Odile Amaury took over on 23 May 2006, the management of the press group, both children were entrusted with the functions of management and Martin Desprez passes as the new Director General of the operating business.

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