It was in 1981 that Vincent Bollore took up the reins of Bollore as both chairman and CEO, thus turning it into one of the world’s 500 largest companies. Today, it is involved in African shipping, Asian palm-oil plantations, plastics, media, construction, logistics and more. In addition to the above, the group is also in charge of Autolib, an electrical car-sharing service in Paris. Encouraged by Autolib’s success, Bollore has begun to sell its electric car called Bluecar to the wide public. Away from his daily duties at Bollore, he is an avid comic books collector with a collection that numbers 1,000 various editions of the genre. Married and a father of four, Vincent Bollore has been a close friend with former French President Nicolas Sarkozy.
