François Hubert Marie Perrodo (born 14 February 1977) is a French billionaire businessman, racing driver, and car collector. He is the chairman of

Perenco Perenco is an independent Anglo-French oil and gas petroleum company, company with a headquarters in London and Paris.Pere ...

, an oil and gas company with operations in 14 countries, which was founded by his father. In October 2023, Forbes estimated his family to be worth US$10 billion.

Biography

Origin

François Perrodo was born on 14 February 1977 in

Singapore Singapore, officially the Republic of Singapore, is an island country and city-state in Southeast Asia. The country's territory comprises one main island, 63 satellite islands and islets, and one outlying islet. It is about one degree ...

. He is the son of Carrie and Hubert Perrodo, French businessman and founder of the oil group

Perenco Perenco is an independent Anglo-French oil and gas petroleum company, company with a headquarters in London and Paris.Pere ...

Education

François Perrodo has a degree in physics from

St Peter's College, Oxford St Peter's College is a Colleges of the University of Oxford, constituent college of the University of Oxford. Located on New Inn Hall Street, Oxford, United Kingdom, it occupies the site of two of the university's academic halls of the Univers ...

, where he captained the University polo team in 1999. He is now a member of

Guards Polo Club The Guards Polo Club is an English polo club in Windsor, Berkshire. It is closely associated with the British royal family. Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh was president of the club from its formation on 25 January 1955 until Death and funeral ...

. After an engineering degree in 2002 from the École Nationale Supérieure du Pétrole et des Moteurs (ENSPM) now called

IFP School The IFP School ( French: ''ENSPM - École Nationale Supérieure du Pétrole et des Moteurs'') is a graduate engineering school located in Rueil-Malmaison, France. Founded in 1954, IFP School is part of the IFP Energies nouvelles (IFPEN), a Frenc ...

(French Institute of Petroleum), he received an MBA from

INSEAD INSEAD ( ; French: ''Institut européen d'administration des affaires'') is a non-profit business school with locations in Europe (Fontainebleau, France), Asia (Singapore), the Middle East (Abu Dhabi, UAE) and North America (San Francisco, USA ...

in Singapore.

Business

Perrodo is the president of the Franco-British

Perenco Perenco is an independent Anglo-French oil and gas petroleum company, company with a headquarters in London and Paris.Pere ...

, an oil and gas corporation specialized in

secondary recovery Petroleum is a fossil fuel that can be drawn from beneath the Earth's surface. Reservoirs of petroleum are formed through the mixture of plants, algae, and sediments in shallow seas under high pressure. Petroleum is mostly recovered from oil d ...

from wells the major oil companies have ceased to exploit. He has acquired significant real estate using shell companies in offshore tax havens.

Diversification

As of January 2025, the Perrodo family is diversifying its investments into luxury real estate, diamonds, and clothing. This shift aims to reduce reliance on hydrocarbons and explore new asset classes. Recent filings reveal their acquisitions include a $21 million office and apartment block in New York's SoHo and upscale properties in Spain, alongside ventures in packaged Italian food. Francois Perrodo, the family's chairman, leads these investments through their London-based family office BNF Capital and private equity firm Perwyn Advisors. The family is also involved in battery metals, uranium, and vineyards.

Car collection

Perrodo maintains a large collection of historically significant automobiles and is one of the most prolific French car collectors. He keeps cars in both France and the United Kingdom. Perrodo shares photos and stories of his cars and his racing career on his Instagram account. The collection includes: *

McLaren F1 The McLaren F1 is a sports car that was the first Motor vehicle type approval, type approved road-going sportscar manufactured by British Formula One team McLaren. It was the last road-legal, series-produced sportscar to win the 24 Hours of Le ...

#069 *

McLaren F1 GTR The McLaren F1 GTR is the racing variant of the McLaren F1 sports car first produced in 1995 for grand touring style racing, such as the BPR Global GT Series, FIA GT Championship, JGTC, and British GT Championship. It was powered by the na ...

4R * McLaren F1 GTR 5R * Ferrari 250 GT/L Berlinetta *

Ferrari 250 GTO The Ferrari 250 GTO is a grand tourer produced by Ferrari from 1962 to 1964 for Homologation (motorsport), homologation into the FIA's Group 3 (racing), Group 3 Grand Touring Car category. It was powered by Ferrari's Ferrari Colombo engine#250, ...

s/n 3387 (purchased in 2016 for $56.4 million) * Ferrari 250 SWB Competizione * Ferrari 250 SWB Berlinetta * Ferrari 250 GT SWB California Spyder (Grey) * Ferrari 250 GT SWB California Spyder (Black) *

Ferrari 275 The Ferrari 275 is a series of FR layout, front-engined V12-powered Grand tourer, grand touring automobiles with two-seater coupé and Roadster (automobile), spider bodies produced by Ferrari between 1964 and 1968. The first 275 series cars we ...

GTB/2 * Ferrari 275 GTB/C *

Ferrari 333 SP The Ferrari 333 SP is a sports prototype race car designed by Ferrari that was built by Italian race car manufacturer Dallara and later Michelotto to compete in the World Sports Car championship for Ferrari. Unveiled at the end of 1993, at t ...

* Ferrari 288 GTO *

Ferrari F40 The Ferrari F40 (Type F120) is a Rear mid-engine, rear-wheel-drive layout, mid-engine, rear-wheel drive sports car engineered by Nicola Materazzi with styling by Pininfarina. It was built from 1987 until 1992, with the LM and GTE race car version ...

* Ferrari F40 *

Ferrari F50 The Ferrari F50 (Type F130) is a limited production RMR layout, mid-engine sports car manufactured by Italian automobile manufacturer Ferrari from 1995 until 1997. Introduced in 1995, the car is a two-door, two seat targa top. The F50 is powered ...

* Ferrari 550 Barchetta Pininfarina * Ferrari

LaFerrari LaFerrari, project name F150, is a limited production mid-engine, mild hybrid sports car built by Italian automotive manufacturer Ferrari. Its name means "The Ferrari" in Italian, as it is intended to be the definitive Ferrari. Design and de ...

* Ferrari 812 Competizione Aperta *

Ferrari Monza The Ferrari Monza is one of a series of cars built by Ferrari. In the early 1950s, Ferrari shifted from using the compact Gioacchino Colombo-designed V12 engine in its smallest class of sports racers to a line of straight-4, four-cylinder engine ...

SP2 *

Ferrari Daytona SP3 The Ferrari Daytona SP3 is a limited production mid-engine sports car produced by the Italian automobile manufacturer Ferrari, unveiled on 20 November 2021. The Daytona SP3 is the latest in the "Icona" series of high-performance cars being prod ...

Ferrari 550 Maranello The Ferrari 550 Maranello (''tipo'' F133) is a front-engine V12 2-seat grand tourer built by Ferrari from 1996 to 2002. The 550 Maranello marked Ferrari's return to a front-engine, rear-wheel drive layout for its 2-seater 12-cylinder model, 23 y ...

GTS *

Ferrari 365 :''See also Ferrari 365 GT4 2+2 & Ferrari 365 GTC/4 for later 2+2 models, and Ferrari Daytona for the 365 GTB/4 & GTS/4'' The Ferrari 365 is a large Front-engine, rear-wheel-drive layout, front-engine, rear-wheel-drive 2- and 2+2 (car body styl ...

GTS/4 *

Bugatti EB110 The Bugatti EB 110 is a Mid-engine design, mid-engine sports car initially conceived by Paolo Stanzani in the mid 1980s and produced by Bugatti#Bugatti Automobili, Bugatti Automobili S.p.A. from 1991 until 1995, when the company was liquidated. Th ...

Super Sport *

Bugatti Veyron The Bugatti Veyron EB 16.4 is a mid-engine sports car designed and developed in Germany by the Volkswagen Group and Bugatti, and manufactured in Molsheim, France by French automobile manufacturer Bugatti. It was named after the racing driver Pi ...

16.4 Grand Sport Vitesse *

Bugatti Chiron The Bugatti Chiron is a mid-engine two-seater sports car designed and developed in Germany by Bugatti Engineering GmbH. It was manufactured in Molsheim, France, by French automobile manufacturer Bugatti Automobiles, Bugatti Automobiles S.A.S. T ...

Pur Sport * Bugatti Centodieci *

Porsche 910 Introduction The Porsche 910 or Carrera 10 is a prototype race car built by Porsche in 1966 and 1967. It is preceded by the Porsche 906 and followed by the Porsche 907 and Porsche 908. The chassis is a steel space frame design covered by a li ...

Porsche 917 The Porsche 917 is a sports prototype race car developed by German manufacturer Porsche to exploit the regulations regarding the construction of 5-litre sports cars. Powered by a Type 912 flat-12 engine which was progressively enlarged from 4. ...

K *

Porsche 911 GT1 The Porsche 911 GT1 is a car designed and developed by German automobile manufacturer Porsche AG to compete in the GT1 class of sportscar racing, which also required a street-legal version for homologation (motorsport), homologation purposes. The ...

Evo * Porsche 911 GT2 993 (Red) * Porsche 911 GT2 993 (Yellow) * Porsche 911 GT2 993 (Blue) * Porsche 911 GT3 RS 4.0 997 (White) * Porsche 911 GT3 RS 4.0 997 (Black) *

Porsche Carrera GT The Porsche Carrera GT (Project Code 980) is a mid-engine sports car that was manufactured by German automobile manufacturer Porsche from 2003 to 2006. ''Sports Car International'' named the Carrera GT number one on its list of Sports Car Intern ...

Porsche RS Spyder The RS Spyder (Type 9R6) is a racing car designed by Porsche in conjunction with Penske to compete in Le Mans Prototype Class 2 (LMP2) racing. The car takes its name from the legendary Porsche 550 Spyder of the 1950s (combined with Porsche's ...

Evo * Porsche RS Spyder Evo *

Maserati MC12 The Maserati MC12 (''Tipo M144S'') is a limited production two-seater sports car produced by Italian car maker Maserati from 2004 to 2005, to allow a racing variant to compete in the FIA GT Championship. The car entered production in 2004, with ...

* Maserati MC12 (Blue Carbon Fibre) * Maserati MC12 GT1 *

Aston Martin DBR9 The Aston Martin DBR9 is a racing car built by Aston Martin Racing, debuting in 2005 and racing actively in international sportscar racing until the end of GT1 category in 2011. The name DBR9 is derived from the original 24 Hours of Le Mans-winn ...

Alpine A110 (2017) The Alpine A110 is a rear mid-engine, rear-wheel-drive sports car introduced by French car manufacturer Alpine () at the 87th Geneva International Motor Show in March 2017. Deliveries began in late 2017 for Continental European markets and ...

Lancia Delta The Lancia Delta (stylized Lancia Delta (letter), δ) is a small family car produced by Italian automobile manufacturer Lancia in three generations. The first generation (1979–1994) debuted at the 1979 Frankfurt Motor Show#1979, Frankfurt Motor ...

Integrale * 2008 McLaren MP4-23A Formula 1 car driven by Lewis Hamilton, winning Australian and Monaco GP. *

Lamborghini Diablo The Lamborghini Diablo (meaning "devil" in Spanish), is a series of high-performance V12, rear mid-engined sports cars in the supercar market segment, built by Italian automobile manufacturer Lamborghini from 1990 through 2001. It is the first ...

SE * Toyota TS020 #LM907,the only TS020 in private hands. The collection used to include the following, which have since been sold: * McLaren F1 #045 *

McLaren P1 The McLaren P1 (codenamed P12) is a flagship sports car produced by British marque McLaren Automotive. Styled by American car designer Frank Stephenson, it is the second installment in McLaren's Ultimate Series after the McLaren F1. Considered ...

McLaren Senna The McLaren Senna is a limited-production Mid engined, mid-engined sports car manufactured by McLaren Automotive. The car is the third addition in the ''McLaren Ultimate Series'', joining the McLaren F1, F1 and the McLaren P1, P1; however, it i ...

McLaren 675LT The McLaren 650S is a British sports car designed and manufactured by British automobile manufacturer McLaren Automotive. It was announced in February 2014 as a new model, but based on the existing McLaren MP4-12C, MP4-12C with 25% new parts, a ...

Porsche 918 Spyder The Porsche 918 Spyder is a high performance sports car manufactured by German marque Porsche. The 918 Spyder is a plug-in hybrid powered by a mid-mounted naturally aspirated V8 engine, developing at 8,700RPM, with two electric motors deliveri ...

Lamborghini Huracán The Lamborghini Huracán (Spanish for "Tropical cyclone, hurricane"; ) is a sports car manufactured by Italian automotive manufacturer Lamborghini replacing the previous Lamborghini V10, V10 offering, the Lamborghini Gallardo, Gallardo. The Hu ...

Performante * Mercedes-Benz AMG SLS Black Series *

Lexus LFA The is a two-door sports car produced between 2010 and 2012 by the Japanese carmaker Toyota under its luxury marque, Lexus. Lexus built 500 units over its production span of two years. The development of the LFA, codenamed TXS, began in early ...

Ford GT The Ford GT is a Mid-engine design, mid-engine two-seater sports car manufactured and marketed by American automobile manufacturer Ford Motor Company, Ford for the 2005 model year in conjunction with the company's 2003 centenary. The second gene ...

(2017)

Racing driver

Perrodo is a motorsport enthusiast, having started racing classic cars in 2010. He has competed in the

FIA World Endurance Championship The FIA World Endurance Championship, abbreviated as WEC, is a world championship for automobile endurance racing organized by the Automobile Club de l'Ouest (ACO) and sanctioned by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA). The se ...

, driving for

AF Corse AF Corse is an Italian auto racing team founded by former racing driver Amato Ferrari in 1995 in Piacenza. Strongly linked to the Maserati and Ferrari brands, AF Corse currently competes in the FIA World Endurance Championship, GT World Chal ...

in the LMP2 class until 2022, having initially competed in the GTE Am class from 2013 until 2016. He has taken part in the

24 Hours of Le Mans The 24 Hours of Le Mans () is an endurance-focused Sports car racing, sports car race held annually near the city of Le Mans, France. It is widely considered to be one of the world's most prestigious races, and is one of the races—along with ...

, V de V Series, Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup, United SportsCar Championship and the 24 Hours Series. In the 2025 season he is driving an LMP2 car for AF Corse in the

European Le Mans Series The European Le Mans Series (abbreviated as ELMS) is a European sports car racing endurance series inspired by the 24 Hours of Le Mans race and organized by the Automobile Club de l'Ouest (ACO). The European Le Mans Series is similar to the fo ...

Perrodo was involved in a controversial incident when driving AF Corse's No. 83 LMP2 entry in the 2022 24 Hours of Le Mans. While running side-by-side with the GTE-Pro class leading No. 64

Corvette A corvette is a small warship. It is traditionally the smallest class of vessel considered to be a proper (or " rated") warship. The warship class above the corvette is that of the frigate, while the class below was historically that of the sloo ...

of Alexander Sims in the final hours of the race, Perrodo swerved sharply left and sent the Corvette crashing into the barriers in the middle of the Mulsanne Straight. AF Corse's No. 51 GTE-Pro entry was running second in class at the time and went on to inherit the class lead from the Corvette.

Complete European Le Mans Series results

( key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results

Complete IMSA SportsCar Championship results

( key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)

References

External links

Official Company website
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Perrodo, Francois 1977 births Living people Alumni of St Peter's College, Oxford Businesspeople in the oil industry French chief executives French racing drivers European Le Mans Series drivers 24 Hours of Le Mans drivers FIA World Endurance Championship drivers GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup drivers 24 Hours of Spa drivers 24 Hours of Daytona drivers WeatherTech SportsCar Championship drivers French people of Hong Kong descent People from Singapore R-ace GP drivers AF Corse drivers TDS Racing drivers FIA Motorsport Games drivers Nürburgring 24 Hours drivers 24H Series drivers Asian Le Mans Series drivers