Business address
Havas
29/30, quai de Dion Bouton
92800 Puteaux Cedex – France
Expertise and experience
Yannick Bolloré is a graduate of Paris-Dauphine University.
He co-founded the production company WY Productions in 2002 (Hell, Yves Saint Laurent). In 2006, he joined his family group, the Bolloré Group, to launch and develop its media division. Within five years, Bolloré Media (D8, D17) became the leading independent French TV Group and was subsequently sold to Canal+, making the Bolloré Group a shareholder in Vivendi.
He then joined Havas in 2011 and became Chairman and Chief Executive Officer in 2013. He initiated a major restructuring of the group to make it the most integrated and forward-thinking business in its industry. In 2017, Vivendi obtained control of Havas.
Yannick Bolloré was appointed Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Vivendi in April 2018.
In October 2024, he was appointed Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Canal+, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Havas N.V., and a member of the Board of Directors of Louis Hachette Group.
Yannick Bolloré was named a Young Global Leader in 2008 by the World Economic Forum. He has received numerous honors and awards from international associations and the business press. He is also a Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres.
Positions currently held
Havas N.V. (*), Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Havas SAS, Chairman
Havas North America, Inc. (United States), Chairman
Havas Worldwide LLC (United States), Chairman and Executive Vice President
Havas Middle East FZ, LLC (United Arab Emirates), Director
Canal+ SA (*), Chairman of the Supervisory Board
Louis Hachette Group (*), Member of the Board of Directors
Lagardère SA (*), Director
Bolloré SE (*), Vice Chairman and Director
Compagnie de l’Odet (*), Director
Bolloré Participations SE, Director
Financière V, Director
Omnium Bolloré, Director
Sofibol, Member of the Supervisory Board
Musée Rodin, Director
Fonds de dotation de la Fédération Française de Tennis, Director
L’Expansion Scientifique Française (SA), Director
Happn SAS, Member of the Advisory Committee
(*) Listed company.