Mediawan Boss Pierre-Antoine Capton Receives Legion of Honor From French President Emmanuel Macron
variety.comElsa Keslassy International Correspondent Pierre-Antoine Capton, the co-founder and CEO of Mediawan, was named Knight of the Legion of Honor by French President Emmanuel Macron during a ceremony held at the Elysée Palace in Paris.
Capton was honored alongside other French figures who have made outstanding contributions to the country’s cultural landscape, including the filmmaker Costa Gavras, actor and novelist Marlène Jobert, contemporary artist Jean-Michel Othoniel, historian Pierre Nora, choreographer Claude Bessy, journalist Jean-Claude Narcy and conductor Jean-Claude Casadesus.
A former indie TV producer who rose through the ranks, Capton co-founded Mediawan with telco billionaire Xavier Niel and financier Matthieu Pigasse in 2015 and has turned it into an international powerhouse with a raft of strategic acquisitions, including France’s AB Productions, the U.K.’s Drama Republic, Italy’s Palomar and Brad Pitt’s Plan B.
The company, which is backed by KKR and recently signed a €100m TV development deal with Entourage Ventures, now ranks as one of Europe’s main production-distribution groups.
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