Pinault, Arnault, Bolloré, Seydoux, Mulliez, Lagardère... Each family has its own history of succession, whether good or bad.
Vincent Bolloré is a good illustration of this.
He builds his empire as if he wanted to avenge the family humiliations, and the tumultuous relations between his father and his uncles.
He then redirected his group's strategy by investing in the media, with the sole aim of reconciling with his sons following a divorce.
He is officially retired but remains at the helm.
"Not being buried under money is one of the real problems for heirs", explains Raphaëlle Bacqué, senior reporter for the daily Le Monde.
For the heirs either, it is not easy to find their way between following in the footsteps of the patriarch and freeing themselves from it, between continuity and emancipation.
What was not able to do, for example, Arnaud Lagardère at the sudden death of his father.
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