Jérôme Seydoux

Chairman of Pathé

Jérôme Seydoux is Chairman of Pathé. He began his career in banking in the 1960s. He ended his banking career as a member of the executive board of Neuflize Schlumberger Mallet. He served as Deputy Chief Executive, then Chief Executive of Schlumberger Ltd from 1970 to 1976. Then, in 1976, he acquired a stake in Pricel and became its Chairman. In 1980, Pricel and Chargeurs Réunis merged to form Chargeurs (maritime and air transport, textiles). In 1986, in partnership with Silvio Berlusconi, he launched La Cinq, France’s first free-to-air private television channel. This commitment to the media was further cemented by his entry into film production and distribution through his partnership with Claude Berri (1987) and his partnership with Rupert Murdoch to develop Europe’s first satellite TV package, BSkyB (1990), of which he was Chairman of the Board of Directors in 1998 and 1999. In 1990, Chargeurs acquired Pathé Cinéma. In June 1996, Chargeurs split into two companies: Chargeurs (industry) and Pathé (media). In 2002, the cinema exhibition operations of Gaumont and Pathé merged. Since then, Pathé’s business has continued to grow: Pathé has become the leading cinema company in the European Union, operating across various sectors including film production (France, United Kingdom), film distribution (France, United Kingdom, Switzerland, Africa, Benelux), and cinema exhibition (France, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Belgium, Tunisia, Morocco, Senegal, Côte d’Ivoire).