Afflelou Family: Empire Regained
- NARRATIVE - After tensions with investment funds, the family holds 38% of the group and runs the management positions.
- Alain Afflelou It remains more attached than ever to the optical sign which he founded over 50 years ago.
- For the group, this is a " new step in the trajectoryHired since 2022 ».
NARRATIVE – After tensions with investment funds, the family holds 38% of the group and runs the management positions.
Alain Afflelou It remains more attached than ever to the optical sign which he founded over 50 years ago. He and his family continue to go back to the group’s capital, started in 2022. Their participation goes from 29 % to 38 %. If it remains the first shareholder of Afflelou, the Lion Capital Investment Fund, which yields part of its securities for a non -communicated amount, sees its share reduced to 62 %. “” This capital reinforcement is both a strategic gesture and a deep commitment: continue to make the Afflelou group grow in a spirit of responsibility, innovation and leadership in our markets », Ensures Alain Afflelou, who founded the brand in Bordeaux in 1972 and remained CEO until 2010.
For the group, this is a ” new step in the trajectory
Hired since 2022 ». The share of the Afflelou family then increased from 14 % to 29 %, with the acquisition of the Apax Partners fund. The year had also been marked by the arrival at …
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