Billionaire Aspires to Sainthood and Right-Wing Future for France
Billionaire Pierre-Edouard Sterin has a clear-eyed view of his life goals ahead: turbocharge his fortune, give it all away and remodel France's political landscape. Then, to cap it all, achieve sainthood in death.
The 51-year-old French tax exile is betting on ambitious growth at his private equity-driven investment firm Otium Capital to propel him toward his three secular goals. While funneling cash into philanthropic ventures from education to culture, he's also courted controversy at home with a deeply conservative project aimed at boosting French right-wing parties.
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