Video “He was a closeted person”, Marc Ladreit de Lacharrière, the boss of “La Revue des deux mondes”, speaks for the first time on the fictitious job of Penelope Fillon

On the occasion of an issue of “Complément d’Enquête” entitled “Billionaires: good works, it pays!”, broadcast on February 23, 2023, the big boss Marc Ladreit de Lacharrière was the perfect choice to talk about philanthropy. The CEO of Fimalac, 20th French fortune, has indeed announced that he will bequeath 10% of his fortune to a foundation that will bear his name.

Marc Ladreit de Lacharrière is notably the owner of The Review of Two Worlds who had employed Penelope Fillon for eight months in 2013, for 3,900 euros of monthly remuneration. For a work of “literary adviser” which will have left hardly any traces, she received a total of 135,000 euros. In the case of fictitious jobs, François Fillon, right-wing candidate for the 2012 presidential election and friend of Marc Ladreit de Lacharrière, was sentenced by the Paris Court of Appeal to four years in prison, one of which is firm, 375,000 euros fine and ten years of ineligibility. His wife was given a two-year suspended prison sentence and a fine of 375,000 euros. Ihe couple appealed in cassation.

A form of philanthropy?

“The person concerned had published two reading notes and had never visited the premises of the publication. To the investigators, the wife of François Fillon had said that she had found her salary generous and had been disappointed not to be more solicited “, specified franceinfo in 2018. The boss of the magazine, “today much less close” of François Fillon according to his own words, had then just engaged in a procedure of “plead-guilty” returning to recognize the facts. He himself was convicted in that case eight-month suspended sentence and a fine of 375,000 euros, for misuse of corporate assets.

Five years later, this one seems closer to the version defended by the Fillon couple (who persist in denying any fictitious use): “excessive remuneration for a person who said he was put on hold”, as “It’s everywhere”. “You have to be a philanthropist, but not too much with politicians?” Tristan Waleckx asked his guest. “It was about ten years ago, it’s been a long time since I thought about it anymore”, evaded this one.

Excerpt from an interview broadcast on February 23, 2023 after a document from “Complément d’Enquête”: “Billionaires: good works pay off!”.

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