Patrice Pastor

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Patrice Pastor
Born
NationalityMonegasque
OccupationChairman of J.B. Pastor & Fils
Parent Victor Pastor Simone Pastor
Relatives Michel Pastor (paternal uncle)
Hélène Pastor (paternal aunt)
Philippe Pastor (brother)

Patrice Pastor is a Monegasque businessman and property developer. He serves as the Chairman of J.B. Pastor & Fils. He is the great grandson of the company founder, the real-estate mogul Jean-Baptiste Pastor. [1]

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Career

Pastor serves as the Chairman of J.B. Pastor & Fils. He is also the head of Pastor Real Estate, based in one of the Pastor Group's Mayfair properties at 48 Curzon Street, London. [2]

He was the owner of the weekly L'Observateur de Monaco until 2010. [3]

Controversies

Business greed

Pastor's restless business appetite earned him the surname "octopuss of Monaco". [4]

Competitors have complained of judicial harassment from Pastor's companies when they lose public tenders. [5]

Dossiers du Rocher

Pastor has been accused of being the poison-pen letter-writer targeting Monegasque personalities close to Prince Albert II, and a digital smear campaign in order to settle a score against real estate competitors and keep the stranglehold on the main real estate public tenders. [6]

Pastor is depicted as angry and seeking revenge after the loss of several lucrative public contracts, such as the pricey renovation of the Esplanade des Pêcheurs (fishermen's wharf) which will impact the Monaco Grand Prix, despite a seven-years long trial. [7] French and Monegasque Justice are cooperating, and found suspicious money transfers to an Israeli intelligence company. [8]

The Prince publicly complained about the so-called 'Rock's Files' (Dossiers du Rocher), which he called a "destabilization campaign" against his authority. [9]

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References

  1. Propos Recueillis Par Pierre Hillion. "Monaco Extension en mer : Patrice Pastor : " Je reste en course... "". monacomatin.mc. Retrieved 6 October 2015.
  2. "Pastor Real Estate - JB Pastor & Fils - Monaco". JB Pastor & Fils - Monaco. Retrieved 6 October 2015.
  3. Un nouvel actionnaire pour L'Observateur de Monaco, Monaco-Matin , 4 August 2010
  4. ‘Octopus of Monaco’ wraps his tentacles around California town, The Times , February 24, February 2024
  5. Mon Dieu! Monaco is in Meltdown, Tatler , March 23, 2024
  6. Des kilos de documents et des milliards d’euros en jeu : à Monaco, un « corbeau » fait trembler l’entourage du prince, Le Monde , March 20, 2022
  7. Rock Bottom, Air Mail, May 20, 2023
  8. À Monaco, l’affaire des Dossiers du Rocher bouscule la Principauté, Journal du Dimanche , May 21, 2023
  9. "Dossiers du Rocher" : "Il faut absolument trouver la source", selon le prince Albert II, Monaco Matin , November 18, 2022