Xavier Niel & family
$13.4B
Born
Aug 25, 1967
Age
58
Source of Wealth
Internet, telecom
Residence
Paris,
Citizenship
France
Marital Status
Single
Children
3
Education
- Xavier Neil owns telecoms giant Iliad, the parent company of Free, one of France's largest internet service providers.
- His portfolio also includes ownership of Monaco Telecom and Orange Switzerland, the latter of which he acquired in 2014 for $2.9 billion and renamed Salt.
- Niel also owns stakes in French newspaper LeMonde, British telecoms company Vodafone and Paris-based commercial real estate firm Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield.
- His early venture WorldNet was France's first Internet provider. He started it in 1993 at age 25 and exited seven years later for $50 million.
- Niel used to own Parisian peep shows.
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