It bards on all sides for Arnaud Lagardère. The boss of the Lagardère group, a former French flagship of industry and the media which has shrunk over the years, is undergoing unprecedented and multifaceted pressure this spring. It comes as much from the global economic environment, degraded by the health crisis, as from the financial markets, embodied by the attitude of the Amber Capital investment fund, but also of its creditors and the State. This pressure is such that, in the heights of French capitalism, many no longer hesitate to ask an unthinkable question recently: the son of Jean-Luc Lagardère, often mocked for his inconsistency and dilettantism, will he lose control of the company bearing his name? Will he be the first major financial victim of the coronavirus? “Arnaud has never been so at risk”, notes a financial analyst. “It is in a dead end”, slices a business banker who has practiced the character for a long time. “The crises have
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