Louis Hachette Group
Headquarters of Louis Hachette Group S.A. at Rue de Presbourg, Paris | |
| Company type | Public |
|---|---|
| Euronext Paris: ALHG
Euronext Growth | |
| Industry | Publishing, Media, Travel Retail, Live Entertainment, Sports club |
| Predecessors | Vivendi |
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| Founder | |
| Headquarters | , France |
Area served | Worldwide |
Key people | Jean-Christophe Thiery (CEO) Arnaud Lagardère (Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors) Yannick Bolloré (director) Grégoire Castaing (deputy CEO) |
| Revenue | €9.2 billion (2024) |
| Owner | Bolloré family (31.04%), Arnaud Lagardère: 8.61%, Free float: 60.35% |
Number of employees | + 34,000 (2024) |
| Subsidiaries | Lagardère (66.53%) Prisma Media |
| Website | www.louishachettegroup.com |
Louis Hachette Group S.A. (LHG) is a French conglomerate specialising in publishing, periodicals, media and distribution, with its origins in the Hachette bookshop founded in 1826. Louis Hachette Group is controlled by French businessman Vincent Bolloré.
Formed from the spin-off of Vivendi in December 2024, the new independent entity holds 66.5 percent of the Lagardère group (Hachette Livre, Larousse, Fayard, Relay, Le Le Journal du dimanche, Europe 1, etc.) as well as 100% of the French press group Prisma Media (Voici, Femme Actuelle, Geo (France), Télé-Loisirs, Capital, etc.).
France's leading publisher since 2004 and the world's 6th largest publishing group, Louis Hachette Group has its origins in the Hachette publishing group, founded by Louis Hachette in 1826 after the purchase of the Parisian bookshop Brédif.