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Jean-Marie Messier - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jean-Marie Messier (born December 13, 1957) is a French businessman known for his flamboyance. A little over a year later, on July 3, 2003, Messier was ousted as boss of Vivendi, whose stock soared on the news. This was Liontos's second public scandal; her first occurred in the mid '90s when she was permanently expelled from the exclusive Metropolitan Club in New York City for having had ongoing liasons on club premises with the club manager. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Jean-Marie_Messier   (521 words)

Excerpt: The Man Who Tried to Buy the World As Rupert Murdoch, with whom Messier was obsessively and self-destructively competitive, once told the Financial Times: "Jean-Marie's problem is that he's never met a journalist he didn't give an interview to." Messier's version of events coincides all too rarely with the eyewitness accounts given by the hundreds of people interviewed by the authors. Messier depicted himself as a prophet without honor in his own country, a crusader for a reformed, shareholder-friendly form of French capitalism who was unfairly deposed by a reactionary counterrevolution. Messier had long presented himself as an exception to the "French exception," the cherished idea that France can hold back the tide of globalization and preserve the country's distinctive economic model in the face of an encroaching ultraliberal free-market capitalism. www.fastcompany.com /bookclub/excerpts/159184018X.html   (1774 words)

Leaders - ebusiness - Jean Marie Messier Messier is a father of five and a practising Catholic. At 29, Messier was the youngest chief of staff of a French government ministry in recent memory. Messier moved Vivendi's Paris HQ to plush new offices overlooking the Arc de Triomphe, Champs Elysees and Eiffel Tower. justpeople.com /ContentNew/People/Leaders/leaderdb/JeanMarieMessier.asp   (1022 words)

TIME.com: Person of the Week: Jean-Marie Messier -- Page 1 It didn't help Messier's case when he moved his primary residence to New York and started giving interviews saying that the beloved "cultural exception," subsidies granted by the French government to domestic filmmakers and other artists, was an outdated idea. Messier did it with a six-year buying spree that brought Universal Studios, USA networks and a number of European media and telecom companies into the fold. In a farewell memo to Vivendi employees he says he's leaving the company in order to save it, and pleads that his successor be given the time and freedom to implement policies that Messier himself believes he did not have. www.time.com /time/pow/article/0,8599,300572,00.html   (844 words)

Media Medium: Jean-Marie Messier Most of us treat ourselves to something special on our birthdays, and for Vivendi Universal boss Jean-Marie Messier, his recent birthday treat was the 1.5 bn dollar purchase of a 10 percent share in EchoStar, followed a few days later by a 10.3 bn deal for USA Networks. Messier (December 13 1956) appears to have all the global aspirations and entrepreneurial instincts of this sign. Messier promises that Vivendi will consolidate in the coming year, but consolidation and Sagittarius are ultimately a contradiction in terms. www.companyguide.co.uk /gm020102.htm   (528 words)

Vivendi CEO Jean-Marie Messier propels his group forward Messier is also intent upon extending its Internet offer, which provides an excellent support for the increasing convergence between content, image and sound. And it is not to difficult to detect Messier’s fingerprints on the company’s impressive humanitarian programme. Messier was also the driving force behind the company’s change of name. www.jeremyjosephs.com /vivendi.htm   (1899 words)

Vivendi exec shuffle raises Net questions - ZDNet UK News Messier had hoped that by merging his French company with US-based Seagram and France's Canal+ he could build a media company to rival AOL Time Warner, with the ability to deliver movies and music over wireless connections and the Internet. Messier and Levin both pinned the futures of their companies to new media convergence only to watch their companies stock collapse in the short term. Messier, who has been embroiled in a boardroom backlash over Vivendi's plummeting stock and mountainous debt, has long championed the Internet as an integral part of the company's future. news.zdnet.co.uk /business/0,39020645,2118310,00.htm   (947 words)

Guardian Unlimited Business Business latest Messier arrested in shares inquiry Commenting on Mr Messier's detention, his lawyer Olivier Metzner said: "This interview is a normal part of an investigation and follows a request made by Mr Messier himself last March that he should be placed under formal investigation in order to be able to explain himself better and better defend his former colleagues. In the same settlement Mr Messier agreed to pay $1m, dropped a $25m claim against Vivendi and was banned from holding directorships in US firms for 10 years. Mr Messier's detention is part of a wide-ranging inquiry led by magistrate Henri Pons. business.guardian.co.uk /story/0,3604,1244399,00.html   (643 words)

Amazon.co.uk: The Man Who Tried to Buy the World: Jean-Marie Messier and Vivendi Universal: Books An indepth investigation into the rise and dramatic fall of Jean-Marie Messier, one of the most charismatic and influential buinessmen of the new ecomony and the creation of Vivendi Universal. Messier decided that the IT economy was the way forward and made a series of increasingly grandiose acquisitions in the US,leveraging Vivendi to an impossible extent on French and international money markets. Messier was a product of the Ecole Normale d'Administration -- an 'enarque' -- putting him in the company of most of the big players in French state administration and politics. www.amazon.co.uk /exec/obidos/ASIN/0141013419   (884 words)

Messier, Jean-Marie --  Encyclopædia Britannica The spectacular rise of French businessman Jean-Marie Messier ended in July 2002 when he was forced to resign as chairman and CEO of Vivendi Universal. At Vivendi Universal, Jean-Marie Messier (seeBiographies) had grown the company into a global multimedia empire—but with a €20 billion (€1 = about $1) debt. "Messier, Jean-Marie" Encyclopædia Britannica from Encyclopædia Britannica Premium Service. www.britannica.com /eb/article-9389598   (808 words)

Business Philosophy Jean Marie Messier - Jean-Marie Messier and I made was that we would run everything that Vivendi had in the United States in the environmental business... Representing Jean-Marie Messier, former Chairman and CEO of Vivendi Universal... Jean Marie Messier, CEO of french water treatment company... philosophy.fmqg.com /index.php?k=business-philosophy-jean-marie-messier   (1066 words)

Where is Koor's Jean-Marie Messier? The initiative to curtail Messier's freedom of movement was handled by Charles Bronfman's lawyer. The criticism is of Messier's management technique, but that wouldn't be the least bit interesting if the company's share price weren't at such a low 52% below its 52-week high and 60% off its September 2000 level. The board will establish a new governance committee which will attempt to oversee Messier and lead him to work harder for shareholders. www.thestreet.com /pf/tech/themarker/10025268.html   (514 words)

Life & Times at TownHall Transcripts: Show #208 Jean-Marie Messier is Chairman and CEO of the French-based conglomerate, Vivendi Universal, the number two media and communications group worldwide. Messier focused Vivendi Universal's expansion into the areas of communication and media, specifically, telecommunications, publishing and multimedia, Europe's Pay TV channel and the internet. Originally, Vivendi businesses included environmental services, healthcare, and construction, but Messier was attracted to the entertainment world and took the company in a different direction. www.kcet.org /lifeandtimes/archives/townhall/208.php   (2277 words)

Jean-Marie Messier Messier himself straddles France's ancien and nouveau regimes. In Europe's sprint from the Old to New Economy, no one is running faster than the 43-year-old Messier. After taking over Vivendi four years ago, he shed unprofitable holdings and refocused on communications and utilities. www.businessweek.com /2000/00_20/b3681025.htm   (136 words)

BBC NEWS Business The downfall of Jean-Marie Messier She was joining in a chorus of condemnation for Jean-Marie Messier, a man who less than a year ago was just as loudly hailed as a hero of French business. Mr Messier's successor, Jean-Rene Fourtou, is regarded as something of an expert on restructuring companies. The new head of Vivendi, Jean Rene Fourtou, is a member of this exclusive club with high-level political connections. news.bbc.co.uk /1/low/business/2098060.stm   (865 words)

The BLOG FLUME - Not-so-sad Farewells Jean-Marie Messier, former CEO of Vivendi Universal, built the company into a Disney-style behemoth, all the while denying he ever did anything wrong in doing so. There are plenty Jean-Marie Messiers in this country, and most of them run this country. Messier was also arrested for insider trading, but there aren't any details on that. www.themeparkinsider.com /columns/blog/31.cfm   (6259 words)

BBC NEWS Business Profile: Jean-Marie Messier Mr Messier, a graduate of the prestigious Ecole Nationale d'Administration, and a holder of the Legion d'Honneur, is a fully paid up member of the French elite. Mr Messier's decision to relocate to New York, where he took up residence in a 20 million euro (£12.9m; $19.8m) apartment paid for by the company, did not help matters. Mr Messier held a variety of senior roles in the French economy ministry during the 1980s before going into investment banking. news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/business/2078564.stm   (630 words)

BW e.biz--05/04/00--Q&A with Vivendi's Jean-Marie Messier When Jean-Marie Messier became chairman and CEO of Generale des Eaux four years ago, the sprawling French conglomerate was best known as a water company. In a recent interview with BW Correspondent Carol Matlack in Paris, Messier talked about his vision for Vivendi. Now, Messier is trying to get Vivendi's content on the Net. www.businessweek.com /ebiz/0005/0504messier.htm   (819 words)

Jean-Marie Messier - CEO, Vivendi Jean-Marie Messier is considered one OF the most ambitious media paviors on the Internet. Messier, or J2M as he's been nicknamed, took control of Vivendi in 1996, when it was just a simple utilities company. An integral piece of Messier's strategy is the deal he engineered with Vodafone AirTouch, the world's largest wireless carrier, the joint goal being the creation and operation of Vizzavi, a multimedia portal that offers integrated content and services accessible from TVs, PCs and wireless devices, set to be launched in several markets this year. www.eweek.com /article2/0,1759,251672,00.asp   (844 words)

J'Accuse! - Jean-Marie Messier and Edgar Bronfman Jr. battle over anti-Semitism, anti-non-Semitism, and who's the worse businessman. By Daniel Gross He unironically took his derogatory nickname "J6M"—abbreviation for "Jean-Marie Messier, Moi-meme maîitre du monde" (Myself, master of the world)—and used it as the title of his autobiography, j6m.com. According to Messier, the clannish Jews in Hollywood had it in for the gentile Frenchman. Pompous and vainglorious, Messier spent $100 billion to forge a new media empire and wound up with a mushy, debt-ridden cassoulet of water, telecommunications, and media businesses. www.slate.com /id/2086678   (966 words)

TIMEeurope Magazine Why France IS different Jean-Marie Messier is, in fact, part of a unique community that extends its empire across the entire planet: the Go-Getters. Competition is bad, unemployment is good and Vivendi Universal boss Jean-Marie Messier is not French. These marvelous man-machines are the ones who make the consumer goods, who strut their certitude across the world stage, corseted in their dark grey suits, admired by those given to admiration. www.time.com /time/europe/magazine/2002/0422/cover/essay.html   (877 words)

Media Messier, Jean-Marie, 1956- ; Bronfman family; Vivendi (Firm)--History; Universal Pictures (Firm); Seagram Company--History; Businessmen--France--Biography; Businessmen--Canada--Biography; Conglomerate corporations--France; Conglomerate corporations--Canada; Consolidation and merger of corporations--France--Case studies; Consolidation and merger of corporations--Canada--Case studies; Consolidation and merger of corporations--United States--Case studies. The Man Who Tried To Buy the World: Jean-Marie Messier and Vivendi Universal. Messier, Jean-Marie, 1956- ; Vivendi (Firm)--Anecdotes; Information technology--Economic aspects--France; Big business--France. www.kipnotes.com /Media.htm   (1084 words)

MobyGames - Jean-Marie Messier Jean-Marie Messier was credited on a game as early as 2000 and as recently as 2001. Jean-Marie Messier has been credited on games developed by the following companies: Blizzard Entertainment Inc.. Jean-Marie Messier has been credited with the roles Support. www.mobygames.com /developer/sheet/view/developerId,20871   (162 words)

Full Coverage: Vivendi, ex-CEO to pay millions in SEC ... Vivendi Universal must pay a $50 million fine and former CEO Jean-Marie Messier must relinquish a controversial $25 million severance pay package to settle charges that they mislead investors about... French media group Vivendi Universal settled fraud charges with U.S. regulators on Tuesday and its former Chief Executive Jean-Marie Messier agreed to forfeit the severance package he had fought for. French media giant Vivendi Universal will pay a $50 million penalty and former CEO Jean-Marie Messier will forfeit a $25 million severance package to settle fraud charges brought by U.S. regulators. www.topix.net /com/v?full=305061   (385 words)

SEC v VIVENDI UNIVERSAL, S.A - Legal Case Documents The application seeks an order compelling Vivendi to place in escrow, in an account subject to Court supervision, any extraordinary payments that Vivendi may make to its former CEO, Jean-Marie Messier (Messier), including payment Messier claims he is owed as part of his termination agreement with Vivendi. The SEC's application requests that the United States District Court order Vivendi to place in escrow, subject to court supervision, the money that Messier is claiming. The Commission's staff has been investigating possible violations of the federal securities laws by Vivendi and its directors, officers, partners, controlling persons, agents, or employees pursuant to a formal order of private investigation issued by the Commission on November 14, 2002. www.legalcasedocs.com /120/255/302.html   (440 words)

ipedia.com: École nationale d'administration Article Industry leaders: Jean-Marie Messier, Ernest-Antoine Seillière, Louis Schweitzer www.ipedia.com /ecole_nationale_d_administration.html   (342 words)

Comment Jean-Marie Messier est devenu le patron le plus puissant de France - Daniel FORTIN - Mobipocket eBook - French Elle nous apprend à mieux connaître l'itinéraire étonnant de Jean-Marie Messier. Comment Jean-Marie Messier est devenu le patron le plus puissant de France eBooks - All Formats Comment Jean-Marie Messier est devenu le patron le plus puissant de France www.ebookmall.com /ebook/85645-ebook.htm   (727 words)

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MSN Encarta - Résultats de la recherche - Messier Jean-Marie Messier, Jean-Marie (1956- ), président-directeur général du groupe Vivendi Universal de décembre 2000 à juillet 2002. MSN Encarta - Résultats de la recherche - Messier Jean-Marie Résultats de la recherche Encarta pour ' Messier Jean-Marie' fr.encarta.msn.com /Messier_Jean-Marie.html   (208 words)

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