François Perrodo

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François Perrodo
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François Perrodo
Born
François Hubert Marie Perrodo

(1977-02-14) 14 February 1977 (age 44)
Singapore
NationalityFrench
Alma materSt Peter's College, Oxford
IFP School
INSEAD
OccupationBusinessman
Known forChairman, Perenco
Parent(s)Hubert Perrodo
Carrie Perrodo

François Perrodo (born 14 February 1977), is a French businessman, and the chairman of Perenco, an oil and gas company with operations in 16 countries,[1] which was founded by his father.

Biography[]

Origin[]

François Perrodo was born on 14 February 1977 in Singapore. He is the son of Carrie and Hubert Perrodo, French businessman and founder of the independent oil group Perenco.

Education[]

François Perrodo has a degree in physics from St Peter's College, Oxford,[2] where he captained the University polo team in 1999.[3][4] He is now a member of Guards Polo Club.[3]

After an engineering degree in 2002 from the École Nationale Supérieure du Pétrole et des Moteurs (ENSPM) now called IFP School (French Institute of Petroleum), he received an MBA from INSEAD in Singapore.[5]

Business[]

He is the president of the independent Franco-British oil company Perenco, after his father died in 2006 in a hiking accident near Courchevel, and has run the family business since 2007.[6]

Racing driver[]

Porsche 997 GT3-RSR

Perrodo is a motorsport enthusiast, he started with classic car racing in 2010.[7][8]

He competes in endurance racing in the FIA World Endurance Championship, currently with the French racing team TDS Racing in the LMP2 class, having initially competed in the GTE Am class from 2013 until 2016. He has taken part in the 24 Hours of Le Mans, V de V Series, Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup, European Le Mans Series (ELMS), United SportsCar Championship and the 24 Hours Series.

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results[]

Year Entrant Class Car Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Rank Points
2013 Prospeed Competition LMGTE Am Porsche 997 GT3-RSR Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 SIL SPA LMS
9
SÃO COA FUJ SHA 22nd 15
AF Corse Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 Ferrari 4.5 L V8 BHR
3
2014 Prospeed Competition LMGTE Am Porsche 997 GT3-RSR Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 SIL
Ret
SPA
6
LMS
Ret
9th 58
Porsche 911 RSR COA
8
FUJ
3
SHA
4
BHR
7
SÃO
5
2015 AF Corse LMGTE Am Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 Ferrari 4.5 L V8 SIL
2
SPA
2
LMS
3
NÜR
3
COA
3
FUJ
3
SHA
1
BHR
4
2nd 148
2016 AF Corse LMGTE Am Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 Ferrari 4.5 L V8 SIL
1
SPA
2
LMS
1
NÜR
2
MEX
2
COA
6
FUJ
2
SHA
2
BHR
3
1st 188
2017 TDS Racing LMP2 Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 SIL
3
SPA
9
LMS
Ret
NÜR
8
MEX
7
COA
7
FUJ
4
SHA
6
BHR
9
14th 55
2018–19 TDS Racing LMP2 Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 SPA
4
LMS
DSQ
SIL
7
FUJ
4
SHA
Ret
SEB
NC
SPA
4
LMS
3
8th 66
2019-20 AF Corse LMGTE Am Ferrari 488 GTE Evo Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 SIL
1
FUJ
2
SHA
4
BHR
4
COA
4
SPA
1
LMS
3
BHR
2
1st 167

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results[]

Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps Pos. Class
Pos.
2013 Belgium Prospeed Competition France Emmanuel Collard
France Sébastien Crubilé
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR GTE
Am
298 36th 9th
2014 Belgium Prospeed Competition France Emmanuel Collard
Finland Markus Palttala
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR GTE
Am
194 DNF DNF
2015 Italy AF Corse Portugal Rui Águas
France Emmanuel Collard
Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 GTE
Am
330 26th 4th
2016 Italy AF Corse Portugal Rui Águas
France Emmanuel Collard
Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 GTE
Am
331 27th 2nd
2017 France TDS Racing France Emmanuel Collard
France Matthieu Vaxivière
Oreca 07-Gibson LMP2 213 DNF DNF
2018 France TDS Racing France Loïc Duval
France Matthieu Vaxivière
Oreca 07-Gibson LMP2 366 DSQ DSQ
2019 France TDS Racing France Loïc Duval
France Matthieu Vaxivière
Oreca 07-Gibson LMP2 366 8th 3rd
2020 Italy AF Corse Denmark Nicklas Nielsen
France Emmanuel Collard
Ferrari 488 GTE Evo GTE
Am
339 26th 3rd
2021 Italy AF Corse Denmark Nicklas Nielsen
Italy Alessio Rovera
Ferrari 488 GTE Evo GTE
Am
340 25th 1st

References[]

  1. ^ "Bloomberg Business Week". Retrieved 26 August 2013.
  2. ^ "A Fabulous Gift - www.spc.ox.ac.uk". www.spc.ox.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 12 June 2018. Retrieved 7 June 2018.
  3. ^ a b "Guards Polo Club". Archived from the original on 19 October 2013. Retrieved 26 August 2013.
  4. ^ "Polo Archive". Archived from the original on 25 October 2014. Retrieved 26 August 2013.
  5. ^ "Business Education Ranking".
  6. ^ "Verif.com". Retrieved 26 August 2013.
  7. ^ "European Le Mans Series". Archived from the original on 18 September 2013. Retrieved 26 August 2013.
  8. ^ "ProSpeed". Archived from the original on 21 August 2013. Retrieved 26 August 2013.

External links[]

Sporting positions
Preceded by
Andrea Bertolini
Aleksey Basov
Viktor Shaitar
FIA Endurance Trophy for LMGTE Am Drivers
2016
With: Emmanuel Collard & Rui Águas
Succeeded by
Preceded by FIA Endurance Trophy for LMGTE Am Drivers
2019-20
With: Emmanuel Collard & Nicklas Nielsen
Succeeded by
Incumbent
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