Fnac

Groupe Fnac

"Agitateur de curiosité"
Type	Société anonyme
Traded as	Euronext: FNAC
Industry	Retail
Founded	1954
Founder	André Essel Max Théret
Headquarters	Ivry-sur-Seine, France
Number of locations	184 (2015)
Area served	Belgium, Brazil, France, Monaco, Morocco, Portugal, Qatar, Spain, Switzerland
Key people	Alexandre Bompard, CEO
Products	Audio Books CDs DVDs Games
Services	Photography Ticket Sales
Revenue	€3,876 million (2015)
Profit	€188 million (2010)
Owner	Groupe Artémis (24.7%) Knight Vinke Asset Management (11.6%) Vivendi (11.3%) DNCA Investments (9.42%) Government of Kuwait (1.46%)
Number of employees	14,364
Subsidiaries	Contact Magazine Fnac.com Fnac Éveil & Jeux Surcouf Fnac Voyages Le Pôle Spectacles
Website	Fnac.com

Alexandre Bompard, CEO

Fnac (French pronunciation: ​[fnak]) is a large French retail chain selling cultural and electronic products, founded by André Essel and Max Théret in 1954. Its head office is in Le Flavia in Ivry-sur-Seine near Paris. Fnac is an abbreviation of Fédération Nationale d’Achats des Cadres ("National Federation of Shopping for Executives").

The company's founders, André Essel and Max Théret were both part of France's Young Socialist movement. Fnac was founded in 1954.

Fnac holds "forums" throughout the year, which are opportunities for customers to have dialogue with people such as Pedro Almodóvar, George Lucas, and David Cronenberg, discussions with authors including Paul Auster, Pierre Bourdieu, and Françoise Giroud in addition to concerts. Musicians playing in these concerts have included Yann Tiersen, Ben Harper, Keane and David Bowie.

Each year a "Book Fair" is held with discussions among writers, politicians and the public. Topics related to literature, culture, society and the sciences are discussed. Since 2001 the company has also annually presented an award, Le prix du roman Fnac, whose winners are chosen by a panel of booksellers and members. Dominique Mainard, Pierre Charras, Pierre Charras and Pierre Péju are among those who have won. These events are shown on the company website fnaclive.com (in French).