Alain Weill (born 6 April 1961) is a French business executive. He is the founder, chairman of the board and chief executive officer of NextRadioTV (which includes BFM TV and Radio Monte Carlo)BusinessWeeks
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Early life

Alain Weill was born on 6 April 1961 in

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, France. He received a degree in economics and an

MBA A Master of Business Administration (MBA) is a professional degree focused on business administration. The core courses in an MBA program cover various areas of business administration; elective courses may allow further study in a particular a ...

from

HEC Paris HEC Paris () is a business school and ''grande école'' located in Jouy-en-Josas, a southwestern outer suburb of Paris, France. It offers Bachelor, MiM, MSc in International Finance, MBA, EMBA, executive education, professional developm ...

Career

In 1985, Weill started his career at

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, and later became CEO of Quarare, a subsidiary of

Sodexo Sodexo (formerly Sodexho Alliance) is a French food services and facilities management company headquartered in the Paris suburb of Issy-les-Moulineaux. It has 522,000 employees as of 2023, operates in 55 countries and serves 100 million custome ...

. In 1990, he served as executive assistant to the CEO of

Compagnie Luxembourgeoise de Télédiffusion RTL Group S.A. ("Radio Télévision Luxembourg") is a Luxembourg-based international media conglomerate, with another Business park, corporate office in Cologne, Germany. The company operates 56 television channels and 36 radio stations in Germ ...

(CLT), and later chairman and chief executive officer. He became CEO of the

NRJ Group The NRJ Group (NRJ is an acronym read as ''énergie'' in French language, French, pronounced ) () is a French multimedia group based in Paris. Its founders are Jean-Paul Baudecroux and Max Guazzini. Since its foundation in 1981 as a Culture o ...

in 1992, and of NRJ Régies in 1995. In 1997, he became deputy chairman of the management board. He founded Nextradio in 2000 and took over RMC radio. He oversaw the acquisition of BFM (now BFM Business) in 2002, and the launch of news channel BFM TV in 2005. In 2010, he sold 80% of to Valérie Decamp for €1 and he still owns 20%. Weill was appointed CEO of SFR Media in May 2016, and in November 2017 became chairman and CEO of SFR Group, as well as COO of Altice Media. He has served as Chairman of the Syndicat indépendant des régies de radios privés (SIRRP) since 1998. He serves on the Board of Directors of

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References

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