New professional chapter for Jean-Michel Aulas, the former president of OL who hopes to win the Lyon town hall in the second round of the municipal elections. A renewal which is also accompanied by a new personal page, he who has found love with a much younger woman.
Goodbye crampons and football fields, hello meetings and market negotiations. Recently, Jean-Michel Aulas launched into politics by announcing his candidacy for mayor of Lyon. The 76-year-old businessman, various right-wing candidate, qualified for the second round of municipal elections with a score of 36.7% against outgoing mayor Grégory Doucet, the environmentalists, at only 37.3%. What do we know about his private life?
Jean-Michel Aulas offers himself a “third life” with Ludivine, his new companion
After having been married for a long time to Nathalie Echinard, with whom he had a son named Alexandre, Jean-Michel Aulas recently built what he himself describes as “third life”. Divorced several times, he appeared to everyone’s surprise in the arms of a young woman 31 years his junior, Ludivine. We were also able to see the couple on the red carpet at the Cannes Film Festival.
The young partner of Jean-Michel Aulas works as a judicial administrator at AJ Partenaires, a company of judicial administrators, specializing in assistance to companies in difficulty. “I changed my life not very long ago. I have a partner who has three young children, including a 9-year-old who is passionate about football”the head of the reconstituted family told the newspaper Release. And for him to add: “I take him to the field a lot”.
Jean-Michel Aulas, “absent from family life for a long time” : he reconnected with his loved ones
“After being absent from family life for so long”Jean-Michel Aulas tries to redeem himself, as he confides in his book Reinvent yourself every day. “I ended up with a privileged relationship with my son Alexandre, my two grandchildren and my sister“, he admitted. “If I divorced several times, it’s partly because of Bernard (Lacombe, footballer and long-time friend of Jean-Michel Aulas, editor’s note), because I spent more time with him than with my family”he even quipped during a tribute to his friend who died last June from Alzheimer’s disease.
Very proud of his only son, he nevertheless avoids any comments about him. As a worthy heir to his father, Alexandre Aulas is a brilliant businessman. Recently president of the operating company of the LDLC Arena, he is also managing director of the family business Holnest. “He gradually gained strength in our family business, at his own pace and by proving himself. Nothing was given to him. He learned, observed then decided to get involved with seriousness and humility. Today, I am proud of what he built. It’s a great success, and above all a great transmission”declared his father in the press.
