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Stéphane courbit wiki Stéphane Courbit (born 28 April ) is a French businessman in the sector of media and television. In , his net worth was estimated to be €2, million euros. He was listed as the 56th-richest man in France.

Stéphane Courbit

French businessman in media and television

Stéphane Courbit (born 28 April ) is a French businessman in the sector of media and television.

In , his net worth was estimated to be €2, million euros. He was listed as the 56th-richest man in France.[1]

Biography

Beginnings

Stéphane Courbit graduated from the ISG Business School of Paris and the University Institutes of Technology of Valence.

In , he took part in the talk show, Ciel, mon mardi&#;!. At the end of the show, he met the host, Christophe Dechavanne, and made him a show proposal. Christophe Dechavanne hired him as an intern at its production company Coyote where Stéphane Courbit became the producer of shows such as Combien ça coûte&#;?, Coucou c'est nous&#;! and La Première Fois.[2]

Audiovisual production

In September , he made a brief appearance on TF1 to work on the show TV Vision produced by Charles Villeneuve.

In the spring of , he collaborated with the French TV presenter Arthur with whom he created the company CASE productions (Courbit Arthur Stéphane Essebag), which would become ASP (Arthur Stéphane Productions).

2:18YouTubeThe mega yacht of Stéphane Courbit sank in the AegeanFeb 18, 2012546.2K Views

Stéphane Courbit (born 28 April ) is a French businessman in the sector of media and television. In , his net worth was estimated to be €2, million euros. He was listed as the 56th-richest man in France.

In and , Endemol purchased ASP in two sessions and Stéphane Courbit became the president of Endemol France. In April , Endemol France produced Loft Story, a reality television show aired by M6.

LOV Group

At the end of , Stéphane Courbit left Endemol[3] to create his own holding company, LOV Group, focused on activities related to the entertainment and IT industries.

LOV Group operated in four main businesses.

Audiovisual production

In January , alongside Groupe Arnault, the Agnelli and De Agostini families and AMS Industries, Stéphane Courbit created Banijay Entertainment, a holding company regrouping a dozen of production companies: Air Productions (Nagui), Banijay Productions (formerly ALJ of Alexia Laroche-Joubert), H2O Productions (Cyril Hanouna) in France; Cuarzo in Spain; Brainpool in Germany; Nordisk in Norway; Bunim/Murray in the United States; Screentime in Australia.
In , Courbit invested in Euro Media Group, the European leader in providing audiovisual services that owns the television studios of La Plaine St Denis through Studios de France.[4]
In July , Banijay Group and Zodiak Media announced their merger, creating the world's largest content production and distribution company not controlled by a media group in February [5]

Online gambling

At the end of , Stéphane Courbit created Mangas Capital Gaming, renamed BetClic Everest Group, which acquired four companies in the area of sports gambling, poker and on-line casino: Betclic in , Expekt and Bet-at-Home in [6]

Energy

Stéphane Courbit has been a shareholder alongside Jacques Veyrat in Direct Energie, an alternative provider of electricity in France.

In July , Direct Energie announced an agreement with Verbund in which Direct Energie would buy 46% of Poweo.[7]

After its merger with Poweo, Direct Energie became France's third energy provider after EDF and Engie (forme GDF-Suez) and the first independent electricity provider.[8] In , Direct Energie supplied electricity and natural gas to over 2 million customers.[9]

In July , French major Total completed its acquisition of a 73% stake in Direct Energie.

The deal, worth € billion ($ billion), was first announced in April. Total will buy Direct Energie's shares for €42 each.[10]

Luxury hospitality

Stéphane Courbit invested in tourism. LOV Group's subsidiary LOV Hotel Collection owns and/or operates luxury hotels in Courchevel (Les Airelles, acquired in and Aman Le Mélézin, acquired in ), in Saint-Tropez (Pan Dei)[11] and in Gordes (La Bastide de Gordes acquired in the beginning of ).[12]

Others

In , Stéphane Courbit entered the music-label company My Major Company, founded by Simon Istolainen, Michael Goldman, Sevan Barsikian, Anthony Marciano and Boris Pavlovic.[13] He also invested in Le Five, the first network of indoor soccer clubs in France (equity withdrawn in ).

Misuse of mental ability re Liliane Bettencourt

On 28 May , the Bordeaux criminal court issued a €, fine to Courbit for wrongfully obtaining € million in investment funds from aging L'Oréal heiress Liliane Bettencourt, citing the use of false information and omissions, and in general, misuse of her diminishing mental ability.[14]

Notes and references

  1. ^"Les plus grandes fortunes de France ".

    Videos Banijay Entertainment S.A. [2] (formerly Banijay Group and later Banijay) is a French multinational television production and distribution company which is the world's largest international content producer and distributor with over production companies across 23 territories, and a multi-genre catalogue containing over , hours of original programming.

    (in French).

  2. ^Stéphane Courbit, 4-Traders
  3. ^Virginie Calmels appointed CEO Endemol France, Endemol website, 17 October
  4. ^Purepeople. "Stéphane Courbit". . Retrieved 15 March
  5. ^"Banijay, Zodiak to Merge to Create $1 Billion Production House".

    See full list on en.wikipedia.org Stéphane Courbit, né le 28 avril à Crest, est un entrepreneur français du secteur des médias et de la télévision. Il est le fondateur de Banijay Group, qui compte parmi les plus importants producteurs mondiaux de contenus pour la télévision et les plateformes multimédia [ 1 ].

    28 July

  6. ^Mangas Gaming, Owner of Betclic, Announces the Acquisition of Everest Gaming, a Leading European On Line Poker Platform, PR Newswire, 16 December
  7. ^"Direct Energie Buys Verbund's Poweo Stake for $52 Million". . 27 July Retrieved 15 March
  8. ^"Direct Energie and Poweo merge to better resist EDF and GDF Suez - Business France - Ireland".

    . Archived from the original on 12 March

  9. ^"UPDATE 1-Direct Energie seeks to double French clients by ". Reuters.

  10. 5:24YouTubeVisite du « Yogi », le Méga Yacht de Stéphane CourbitFeb 18, 2012240.8K Views
  11. 25:36francetvinfoVIDEO. Stéphane Courbit : le grand patron du petit écranJun 12, 2020
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    13. 17 January

  13. ^"Total completes acquisition of Direct Energie". Retrieved 15 March
  14. ^King & Wood Mallesons SJ Berwin advises Canyon Equity on the disposal of “Le Mélézin” hotel, King&Wood Mallesons SJ Berwin website, 4 February
  15. ^Hook Courbit two new 5-star hotels, Natural and Best breaking news website, 18 January
  16. ^David Wood, Stéphane Courbit, Banijay, Broadcast, July 15,
  17. ^Henni, Jamal (11 June ).

    "Affaire Bettencourt: Stéphane Courbit ne fait pas appel". BFM Business.

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