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Arnaud de Puyfontaine (born 26 April 1964) is a French businessman, graduated from ESCP Europe, Harvard Business School and Institut Multimédias. ==Career== Arnaud de Puyfontaine graduated from ESCP Europe in 1988, Institut Multimédias (1992) and Harvard, he joined ''Le Figaro'' in order to develop relations between the newspaper and the Grandes écoles. He works there for 3 years while completing his education. After a short period as a consultant at Arthur Andersen, he went to Indonesia to perform his national service. Then, he joins back ''Le Figaro'' and manages La Solitaire du Figaro under the thumb of Philippe Villin.〔()〕 In 1995, he joins Emap. He starts with managing ''Télé Poche'' and ''Studio Magazine'' and being in charge of the purchase of Télé Star and Télé Star Jeux. He creates the Emap Star division where he becomes Deputy director and in July 1998 he is appointed Managing Director of Emap France group. The creation of the Emap Star division, which quickly becomes a heavyweight of the TV press, paves the way for his appointment as Chief Executive Officer of the group. He is also member of the board of Emap, Emap Digital Worldwide (1999-2006) and trustee of Emap Metro in the UK. At the same time, he becomes trustee (since 1998) and President (2004-2007) of Audipresse,〔(Stratégies. )〕 the Association for the promotion of magazine publishers (APPM). Arnaud de Puyfontaine is also member of the board of the general information press and magazines' Union (since 1998). In 2006, Emap plc sells its French subsidiary, which joins Mondadori group. Thanks to this purchase, French magazine sector is opened for the Italian media group. In April 2006, Arnaud de Puyfontaine becomes President of Mondadori France holding which aims at developing new activities. In this regard, he is appointed Managing Director for digital business of the Mondadori group. He resigns in August 2008 and becomes senior advisor of Maurizio Costa, vice-president and trustee of Arnoldo Mondadori Editore group. In October 2008, Nicolas Sarkozy launches national consultations on printed media and nominates Arnaud de Puyfontaine as President of the "Print, transport, distribute, finance : how to regenerate industrial process of printed media?" working group. Later, he is tasked by the President of the French republic with a mission of follow-up and implementation of the decisions that have been taken and have influenced recent evolvements of the sector. In April 2009, he creates Elteg with Christophe Agnus and Rémi Poulet. Elteg is a technology and innovation company involved in Enterprise Content Management (ECM) with its division named Walabiz, hotel industry (Kangaroo PMS), and publishes Sopixi, an e-shopping and free website development platform. In May 15, 2009, he becomes CEO of The National Magazine Company (Natmags), British subsidiary of Hearst Corporation, and is responsible for European activities. In June 2011, following the acquisition of publications sold by Lagardère group, he is appointed Executive Vice-President of Hearst Magazine International.〔(Mediaweek. )〕 In May 2012, Arnaud de Puyfontaine joins the board of Schibsted, one of the leading media groups in Scandinavia. In January 2014, Arnaud de Puyfontaine joins Vivendi as Senior Executive Vice President for media and content activities.〔(The Guardian. )〕 In June 24, 2014, he is elected as Chairman of the Management Board. Arnaud de Puyfontaine is a member of Le Siècle. He is also trustee of Aspen Institute, member of the "Economic dialogue" commission of the MEDEF and President of ESCP-Europe Alumni. Arnaud de Puyfontaine is Chevalier in the National Order of Merit and the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres.〔(LSA. )〕 His maternal grandfather, André-Marie Gerard, has been editor-in-chief of L'Aurore from 1957 to 1960. Later, he was in charge of TV news programmes at the RTF. Then, he became Inspector-General of the ORTF. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Arnaud de Puyfontaine」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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