Lagardere Group
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| Publicly traded société en commandite par actions | |
| Traded as | Euronext: MMB |
| Industry | Mass media |
| Founded | 1992 |
| Headquarters | Paris, France |
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Key people
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Arnaud Lagardère (General and managing partner), Xavier de Sarrau (Chairman of the supervisory board) |
| Products | Publishing (books, magazines, e-publishing), radio stations, audiovisual production, online content, sports and entertainment, broadcast rights, retail outlets, advertising sales brokerage |
| Revenue | €7,193 million (2015) |
| €378 million (2015) | |
| Profit | €240 million (2015) |
| Total assets | €8.307 billion (end 2015) |
| Total equity | €2.135 billion (end 2015) |
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Number of employees
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25,784 (2015) |
| Subsidiaries | Lagardère Publishing, Lagardère Travel Retail, Lagardère Active, Lagardère Sports and Entertainment |
| Website | lagardere.com |
Lagardère [laɡaʁdɛʁ] is a multinational media conglomerate headquartered in the 16th arrondissement of Paris. The group was created in 1992 as Matra, Hachette & Lagardère and once covered a broad range of industries. It is now largely focused on the media sector, in which it is one of the world’s leading companies. Headed by Arnaud Lagardère, the firm does business in almost 40 countries and is structured around four main business lines: its book and electronic publishing division (Lagardère Publishing) includes the major imprint Hachette Livre. The Lagardère Travel Retail unit includes store retail, largely in airports and railway stations while the Lagardère Active unit encompasses newspaper, digital media and magazine publishing (including Hachette Filipacchi Médias), radio and television broadcasting and production and advertising sales. Lagardère Sports and Entertainment engages in sports and talent management, sports academies, event management, marketing of sports broadcast rights and management of sports venues.
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