Marie-Odile Amaury
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Marie-Odile Amaury | |
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| Born | Marie-Odile Kuhn |
| Education | Centre universitaire d'enseignement du journalisme |
| Occupation | Media executive |
| Employer(s) | VMLY&R Le Poste parisien Havas Éditions Philippe Amaury |
| Spouse | Philippe Amaury |
| Children | 1 |
| Awards | Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur (2011) Ordre national du Mérite (2019) Commandeure de l'ordre de la Couronne |
Marie-Odile Amaury, née Kuhn (born 1940), is a prominent figure in the French business world.
Marie-Odile Kuhn was born in Strasbourg,[1] into a family from the Strasbourg bourgeoisie.[2] Her father was an optician.[3] She has a bachelor's degree in literature and a diploma from the Centre universitaire d'enseignement du journalisme in Strasbourg.[2]
She met Philippe Amaury in the mid-1960s[3] and married him in 1969.[4]
After her husband's death in 2006 at the age of 65, she took over the Amaury Group to preserve it for her children, who had recently joined the group.[4] She became the chairman and chief executive officer,[5] notably deciding to refocus the company on sports by selling Le Parisien libéré to LVMH in 2015.[4] In the sports domain, the Amaury Group owns L'Équipe and A.S.O., which organizes sporting events, including the Tour de France.[4][5] In 2020, Marie-Odile Amaury led this group during the COVID-19 pandemic, trying to manage the consequences of this global health crisis in the sports domain.[4]
