Rank #200
Xavier Niel & family
Net worth $15.1B
Internet, telecom · France
- Born
- Aug 25, 1967
- Age
- 58
- Source
- Internet, telecom
- Residence
- Paris
- Citizenship
- France
- Marital status
- Single
- Children
- 3
- Education
Net worth over time
Biography
- 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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