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LEGEND
Season 3 · Episode 77
FROM A €15K LOAN IN 2012 TO FRANCE’S WEALTHIEST! FRÉDÉRIC MERLIN’S INCREDIBLE JOURNEY
0.01h 55mMay 16, 2025
Thanks to Frédéric Merlin for joining us on LEGEND. He ranks 207th on the *Challenges* list of France’s wealthiest people. He looks back on his journey and how he managed to become a co-owner—alongside his sister—of a major department store company at the age of 33. He heads a portfolio of 11 shopping centers, including two BHV and seven Galeries Lafayette locations. He also shares the story of how he turned down a government ministerial position.
Episodes
- Episode 1BOB SINCLAR: THE MOST INCREDIBLE THINGS HE'S SEEN IN HIS CAREER (PLAYBOY MANSION, DRUGS, SPENDING)
- Episode 2Entrepreneur: He earns €40 million a year! Companies of the future to watch (cryogenics, immortality)
- Episode 3A MOTHER WHO LOST 3 OF HER 4 CHILDREN EXPLAINS HOW SHE TRIES TO COPE (GRIEF, HUSBAND…)
- Episode 4Former GIGN Member: He Confronts a Gunman Deep in the Jungle… and Becomes Paraplegic
- Episode 5GUILLAUME CANET: THREATENED BY A MARION COTILLARD FAN, HIS RESPONSE TO *ASTERIX* HATERS, AND HIS CHILD
- Episode 6He built a €1.5 billion company; here’s the story of his unconventional journey (hacking, Bitcoin...).
- Episode 7FRANÇOIS RUFFIN: SPIES FOLLOW HIM TO HIS OFFICES, MACRON’S REVIEW, INSECURITY