Alain Weill

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Alain Weill
Born (1961-04-06) 6 April 1961 (age 63)
Strasbourg, France
Nationality French
Education HEC Paris (MBA)
Occupation(s)CEO NextRadioTV, Chairman and CEO of SFR

Alain Weill (born 6 April 1961) is a French business executive. He is the founder, chairman of the board and chief executive officer of NextRadioTV (which includes BFM TV and Radio Monte Carlo) [1] [2] [3] and Chairman and CEO of SFR Group. [4]

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Early life

Alain Weill was born on 6 April 1961 in Strasbourg, France. He received a degree in economics and an MBA from HEC Paris. [3]

Career

In 1985, Weill started his career at NRJ, and later became CEO of Quarare, a subsidiary of Sodexo. [2] [3] In 1990, he served as executive assistant to the CEO of Compagnie Luxembourgeoise de Télédiffusion (CLT), and later chairman and chief executive officer. [2] [3] He became CEO of the NRJ Group in 1992, and of NRJ Régies in 1995. [2] [3] In 1997, he became deputy chairman of the management board. [2] [3]

He founded Nextradio in 2000 and took over RMC radio. [2] [3] He oversaw the acquisition of BFM (now BFM Business) in 2002, and the launch of news channel BFM TV in 2005. [4]

In 2010, he sold 80% of La Tribune to Valérie Decamp for €1 and he still owns 20%. [5] [6]

Weill was appointed CEO of SFR Media in May 2016, [4] and in November 2017 became Chairman and CEO of SFR Group, as well as COO of Altice Media. [7]

He has served as Chairman of the Syndicat indépendant des régies de radios privés (SIRRP) since 1998. [2] [3] He serves on the Board of Directors of Iliad. [2] [3]

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References

  1. NextRadioTV Archived 2012-06-18 at the Wayback Machine
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 BusinessWeeks
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Iliad
  4. 1 2 3 "Management team: Alain Weill". SFR. 2018-03-01. Retrieved 2018-04-10.
  5. Hélène Reitzaum, Olivia Derreumaux, «NextRadio TV doit croître face aux chaînes historiques», Le Figaro , 21/12/2011
  6. Alain Weill cède 80% de «La Tribune», 20 Minutes , 20 May 2010
  7. Sassard, Sophie (10 November 2017). "Altice ousts CEO after shares dropped 30 percent in a week". Reuters. Archived from the original on November 10, 2017. Retrieved 10 April 2018.