Pierre-Édouard Sterin is the head of a fortune that exceeds one billion euros. But her children may not touch a single penny of this heritage …
At the head of a fortune built on the success of the smartboxes, the cleavage Pierre-Édouard Sterin is one of the most discreet French billionaires … Businessman renowned for his intransigence, he seems to apply the same strict principles in his family life, as he entrusted during an interview with Figaro Magazine.
Pierre-Édouard Sterin locks his heritage: “I don’t want to give them a penny“”
The Catholic entrepreneur who is said to be close to the far right, whose fortune is estimated at 1.4 billion euros according to Challengesis the father of five children. However, the latter may never touch the impressive heritage that their father has formed over the years. “”I don’t want to rot my children, I don’t want to give them a penny. It is a real freedom to start with nothing in life. (…) They will nevertheless start with the most important: education. For the rest they will manage. They will not inherit anything“, he declared bluntly in an interview with Challenges.
51 years old, Pierre-Édouard Sterin also entrusted to Figaro Magazine that he refused to see his two daughters and three boys become of “dirty bourgeois“. A strong conviction, which would have led him to make a radical decision: disinherit them. He however explained that he would commit to finance their studies and tempered his position with significant precision:”If they are in great difficulty, we will help them“He added in Challenges.
Pierre-Édouard Sterin manages his family as an “Excel painting”
Pierre-Édouard Sterin, now fifties, would have developed a method of his own to assess the people around him. The entrepreneur has an “Excel table” in which he attributes one out of 10 note to each person encountered, in order to ensure that they only surround himself with profiles in accordance with his values. His own wife was also “noted”, according to specific criteria mentioned by RTL such as “religion, appearance, extraversion, desire for a large family and agreement not to work“.
This obsession with control and selection is part of a broader social project, carried by a deeply conservative vision. Pierre-Édouard Sterin does not hide his ambition to durably influence mentalities. He launched a vast cultural battle plan, baptized Pericles, the acronym of “resistant rooted patriots identity with liberal European sovereignist”. His goal? Promote the emergence of a conservative right in power in France.
According to documents revealed by the newspaper Humanityhe would have planned to devote 150 million euros over ten years, in order to disseminate, in all sides of society, the values and ideas that are close to his heart.
