Jérôme Seydoux

Jérôme Seydoux
Born
Jérôme Seydoux Fornier de Clausonne

(1934-09-21) 21 September 1934
Paris, France
Occupations
  • Businessman
  • film producer
Years active1962–present
Spouse
Sophie Desserteaux
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(m. 1988)​
FamilySeydoux

Jérôme Seydoux Fornier de Clausonne (born 21 September 1934 in Paris) is a French businessman and film producer.[1][2]

Biography

Jérôme Seydoux was born on 21 September 1934 in Paris's 16th arrondissement.[3][4] He is the son of René Seydoux Fornier de Clausonne and Geneviève Schlumberger, the brother of Véronique, Nicolas, and Michel Seydoux, the father of Henri Seydoux, the stepfather of Farida Khelfa, and the grandfather of Camille Seydoux and Léa Seydoux.[5] After studying electrical at the Ecole nationale supérieure d'électronique, d'électrotechnique et d'hydraulique de Toulouse, he began his career in 1962 as a financial analyst at Istel, Lepercq & Co. in New York.[4] In 1975, he was elected president of Schlumberger,[6] but was quickly driven out of the company following a power struggle.[2] In 1986, he chaired the board of directors of La Cinq with Silvio Berlusconi.[4]

In 1990, Seydoux's Chargeurs conglomerate purchased the Pathé film company from Giancarlo Parretti for 1.1 billion francs.[7] He served as the company's président-directeur général (PDG) until 2000.[8] In 1993, he became a shareholder of the newspaper Libération.[9] In February 1999, he acquired a stake in the football club Olympique Lyonnais.[10] The Fondation Jérôme Seydoux-Pathé, which he founded and was recognized as a non-profit organization in 2006, serves to preserve, restore, and enhance Pathé's historical heritage, which includes more than 10,000 films.[11]

Seydoux was first married to Hélène Zumbiehl, with whom he had four children, Carlotta, Henri (Léa's father), Alexis and Ludovic, before divorcing.[5] In 1988, he married Sophie Desserteaux.[1] In 1989, Zumbiehl committed suicide by setting fire to her car and locking herself in it. After her death, their children distanced themselves from Jérôme.[5] In 1991, he had his last son, Jules, with Desserteaux. He also adopted Pénélope, Thomas, and Raphaëlla, the children Sophie had with her former husband Christophe Riboud, who died in a car accident in 1987.[1]

Seydoux's fortune in 2025 was estimated at 1.5 billion euros, placing him 89th among the richest French people.[12]

Filmography

Year Title Credits Director Notes
2008 Asterix at the Olympic Games Frédéric Forestier and Thomas Langmann
2011 The Well-Digger's Daughter Daniel Auteuil
My Worst Nightmare Anne Fontaine
2012 LOL Executive producer Lisa Azuelos
Bowling Marie-Castille Mention-Schaar
Zaytoun Executive producer Eran Riklis
2013 The Great Beauty Co-producer Paolo Sorrentino Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
Fanny Daniel Auteuil
Marius
The French Minister Executive producer Bertrand Tavernier
2014 Two Men in Town Rachid Bouchareb
2015 Masaan Co-producer Neeraj Ghaywan
Youth Paolo Sorrentino
The Wait Piero Messina
2016 Raid dingue Dany Boon
2017 In the Fade Co-producer Fatih Akin
2018 Loro Paolo Sorrentino
2019 The Wolf's Call Antonin Baudry
The Golden Glove Co-producer Fatih Akin
2021 CODA Sian Heder Academy Award for Best Picture
Eiffel Martin Bourboulon
Benedetta Paul Verhoeven
2022 Notre-Dame on Fire Jean-Jacques Annaud
2023 Asterix & Obelix: The Middle Kingdom Guillaume Canet
Life for Real Dany Boon
La Graine Eloïse Lang
Acting
Year Title Role Director Notes
1997 Didier Man in the airport next to Claude Berri Alain Chabat
2010 Nothing to Declare Restaurant customer Dany Boon
2012 Happiness Never Comes Alone Professor Deloèle James Huth

Awards and nominations

Award Year Category Film Result Ref.
César Awards 2008 Best Film (shared with Julian Schnabel) The Diving Bell and the Butterfly Nominated
2013 Best Film (shared with Dimitri Rassam, Matthieu Delaporte and Alexandre de La Patellière) What's in a Name? Nominated
2020 Best First Film (shared with Antonin Baudry and Alain Attal) The Wolf's Call Nominated
2025 Best Film (shared with Alexandre de La Patellière, Matthieu Delaporte and Dimitri Rassam) The Count of Monte Cristo Nominated

Honours

References

  1. ^ a b c Bacqué, Raphaëlle; Schneider, Vanessa (17 July 2022). "Jérôme Seydoux, le patriarche de Pathé qui n'imagine personne lui succéder". Le Monde. Retrieved 16 July 2025.
  2. ^ a b "Jérôme Seydoux, un esthète des affaires". Le Monde (in French). 4 February 1996. Retrieved 16 July 2025.
  3. ^ Journal de la marine marchande (in French). Vol. 62. 1980. p. 227. ISSN 0762-3151. Retrieved 16 July 2025.
  4. ^ a b c Brikh, Razik (25 December 2008). "Jérôme Seydoux : "L'OL gagnera la Ligue des Champions"". Lyon Capitale (in French). Retrieved 16 July 2025.
  5. ^ a b c Bacqué, Raphaëlle (25 October 2013). "Le clan des Seydoux". Le Monde (in French). Retrieved 16 July 2025.
  6. ^ "People and Business". The New York Times. 27 September 1975. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 16 July 2025.
  7. ^ "En achetant les parts du groupe Rivaud et de M. Parretti M. Jérôme Seydoux s'offre Pathé Cinéma". Le Monde (in French). 3 August 1990. Retrieved 16 July 2025.
  8. ^ "Pathé : Jérôme Seydoux passe le témoin à Eduardo Malone". Les Echos. 20 September 2000. Retrieved 16 July 2025.
  9. ^ Giret, Vincent (26 September 1994). "LIBERATION III : LE RETOUR". L'Express (in French). Retrieved 16 July 2025.
  10. ^ "Pathé met 100 millions dans l'Olympique lyonnais". L'Humanité (in French). 16 February 1999. Retrieved 16 July 2025.
  11. ^ "Fondation Pathé". Fondazione (in Italian). 12 May 2017. Retrieved 16 July 2025.
  12. ^ "Jérôme Seydoux et sa famille". Challenges (in French). 2023.
  13. ^ "Décret du 31 décembre 2008 portant promotion et nomination". www.legifrance.gouv.fr (in French). 1 January 2009. Retrieved 16 July 2025.
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