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List of 3 large single-family offices from France
France is one of the most important economies in Europe. The company is home to many globally active firms, like LVMH, Renault, Peugeot, or L’Oreal. An increasing number of affluent French families manage their wealth through single-family offices. Most of them are headquartered in Paris, the French capital. In the following, we are presenting three major French single-family offices.
1. Financière Agache (Paris)
Financière Agache is the primary family office of Bernard Arnault, responsible for managing the Arnault family’s wealth, investments, and philanthropic activities. As part of a broader ecosystem that includes Groupe Arnault and Aglaé Ventures, it oversees a diversified portfolio. While the family’s wealth remains largely concentrated in LVMH, Financière Agache has expanded into sectors such as technology, digital health, and consumer services. Through Aglaé Ventures, it has backed companies like Netflix, Spotify, Airbnb, and emerging AI firms such as H, Proxima, and Lamini.
2. Téthys (Paris)
The wealth of Bettencourt Meyers is based on the cosmetics firm L’Oreal. The share in the French firm makes Françoise Bettencourt Meyers one of the wealthiest women on the globe. Structured as a private equity platform with over €3 billion in capital, it benefits from a stable income stream via L’Oréal dividends, which supports its long-term investment strategy. The office focuses primarily on the healthcare sector, with major holdings in Elsan, a leading French private hospital network, and Sebia, an in vitro diagnostics firm. It has also expanded into education through a 20% stake in Galileo Global Education. Investments are made through the Téthys holding structure, with private equity managed via the Téthys Invest subsidiary. The firm is also active in fund investing, including participation in Lauxera Growth.
3. Groupe Artemis (Paris)
Founded in 1993, Artémis serves as the primary investment and holding company of the Pinault family. With an estimated portfolio valued at around $40 billion, it spans sectors including real estate, retail, technology, the arts, and sports. Key holdings include a 40.9% stake in Kering, a 30% stake in Puma, several prestigious vineyards, and full ownership of Christie’s auction house, various media titles, and a luxury cruise line.
In recent years, Artémis has expanded into the tech sector through the Red River West fund, investing in companies such as Brut, ByteDance, Deezer, and 1stDibs. In 2023, the family office acquired a majority stake in Creative Artists Agency (CAA), the world’s leading entertainment and sports agency, further strengthening its presence in the global sports and media landscape.
Map of investment firms in our list
When it comes to French single-family offices, it is as for the rest of the business world in France: most of them are located in Paris. More than 25 are located in the French capital. Other important cities in France’s single-family office world are Neuilly-sur-Seine and Lyon.
Private investment vehicles of wealthy French families
France, one of the biggest European countries, is the home of many high-net-worth individuals (HNWI). Many wealthy families operate in secrecy and are hardly known for their investments. Others are more famous and act rather offensively, so that the interested public is well aware of most of their investments. Our database summarises the most important French single-family offices in order to contact both hidden and well-known HNWIs in France.
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We build our lists to ensure optimal usability for our clients. There are three areas included: family information, contact details and investment information. So we provide you with general e-mail addresses, phone numbers, executive names, exemplary investments and many more features.
Disclaimer: Due to the secrecy of some family offices, we are sometimes not able to provide you with email addresses or other pieces of information. In case we don’t know the exact investment focus, the specific column is marked as n.a.
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The French family investment vehicle landscape
The French family office landscape is different from other countries. Many wealthy French families operate family holdings that can be seen as family offices. A good example is the Groupe Artemis of the Pinault family, which manages the shareholdings in Kering, as well as the stake in Christie’s or Stade Rennais. Other French family offices, like Creadev, are completely focused on one investment area. Over the recent years, more and more family offices have been launched in France, underlining the general trend to establish dedicated family investment firms.
Headquarters in Paris, Neuilly-sur-Seine, Nice, Lyon, Marseille and other French cities
Most of the largest French single-family offices are located in Paris. The capital of France is home to hundreds of investment professionals and offers a vivid ecosystem for wealthy families. Single Family Offices seem to favour Paris, although the family is not located in the French capital. This might be because many private equity and venture capital funds are located there and the real estate market is one of the most dynamic ones in Europe. However, there are important Family Offices of French HNWI`s that do not have their office in France. Of course, we cover those investment vehicles as well.
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Last Updated on January 19, 2026
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