Chapter 813 Gains and Losses

On July 15, after the SEM Group held a board meeting, it was announced that the current group CEO Fergal Hayden had ended his term and would serve as a board advisor.

The board decided to promote Michael Gray, the former CEO of Summit Media, to the CEO of SEM Group, and Bonnie Cavendish, the executive director of SEM Group, to the CEO of Summit Media.

At this time, many people could see that at Michael Gray's age, he would have one term as CEO of SEM Group. After his term expires, it is very likely that Bonnie Cavendish will take over his position.

She is not only Barron's ex-wife, but also has shown extremely high personal ability in the development of SEM Group, especially in variety shows where ITV has an advantage over other TV stations. Almost all of ITV's (and the original SDTV's) phenomenal variety shows are led by her.

In addition, it is worth mentioning that in the Forbes list of the world's 100 most powerful women released earlier this year, Bonnie Cavendish ranked 50th - just after the Queen of England.

She is also the second-ranked British woman.

It is worth mentioning that the top three on this list are German Chancellor Angela Merkel, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff.

It is also worth mentioning that IC Capital Chairman and CEO Ivanta TP ranks 9th on this list, after Michelle, the wife of Ao Guanhai...

Anyway, Barron asked the maid to collect all the newspapers that published this list at home...

By the way, after returning to London this time, Barron and his family moved into the renovated super mansion in Kensington. This super mansion, which was originally his villa here and connected to three other adjacent villas, has finally completed the renovation.

Therefore, there is enough space here for Barron's women and children in London to live in, especially the garden rebuilt after the demolition of one of the villas, which is the children's favorite place to play.

And during the renovation process, the security level here has also been improved. It is no exaggeration to say that the security level here is now comparable to that of Buckingham Palace.

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"What's wrong?"

"About aid to Greece, Lagarde has informed me before..."

After leaving Italy, Barron came to France...

At this time, Ashley Weber in front of Barron had a ruddy complexion, and looked like a well-nourished woman.

Unfortunately, Ashley didn't get Barron's child last time, so this time when he came here, he naturally needed to put in some energy and effort...

"By the way, Barron, about Lagarde..."

Ashley said to Barron:

"She was a little unwilling to accept the matter of the IMF president before..."

"There's nothing we can do about it, right?"

Barron shrugged and said:

"No one could have predicted that Strauss-Kahn would have such a thing. As for between her and Brown, the choice of Americans is self-evident. I believe she can understand it."

Speaking of which, Christine Lagarde can be regarded as Barron's ally, but there is no way. Who told Barron to have a closer relationship with Brown? And after all, he is also an Englishman. To maximize his interests, he can only choose to support Brown.

And as he said, before this, no one could have predicted that Strauss-Kahn would suddenly fall on the "sexual assault incident"...except himself.

What's more, Lagarde is now in the position of French Finance Minister, which is more beneficial to Barron.

"What is Lagarde's attitude towards the aid to Greece?"

"Aid is necessary, but first of all, it cannot harm the interests of other countries too much, otherwise this kind of aid will easily lead to the disintegration of the eurozone. What's more, in addition to Greece, countries like Ireland and Portugal are also in danger."

Hearing Ashley say this, Barron smiled:

"So what's interesting is that Lagarde and Brown are basically in step with each other in their attitude towards Greece."

"I believe that if she takes the position of IMF President, she will make the same choice. This is not just a problem related to Greece."

In addition, they also talked about the L'Oreal Group.

Under the "help" of many parties including Sarkozy, unlike Barron's previous life, Lilina Bettencourt won the lawsuit against her daughter Maye.

But according to Ashley's accurate information, Lilina Bettencourt was indeed diagnosed with mild "mixed dementia" and suspected "Alzheimer's disease", so even if her condition worsens, if her daughter continues to file a lawsuit, she is likely to still gain control of the Bettencourt family's assets.

For this reason, the GHL Group (Gucci-Hermès-L'Oréal Group) will also tighten its control over the L'Oréal Group, such as buying their L'Oréal Group shares from Lilina Bettencourt, or injecting capital through other means to dilute the other party's shares.

Currently, the GHL Group holds 69% of the shares of the L'Oréal Group, and the remaining 31% of the shares are held by the Bettencourt family.

Of course, with the proportion of shares held by the Bettencourt family, they have basically lost most of their influence on the L'Oreal Group. Even the remaining influence they have now will eventually be lost as time goes by and the management of the L'Oreal Group changes.

But the best option is to reduce the proportion of shares held by Lilinaya Bettencourt as much as possible before she loses control of the family, otherwise her daughter may cause trouble for the GHL Group.

In this matter, Sarkozy did use his influence, but in other aspects...

"Although Sarkozy has eliminated the biggest competitor in the Strauss-Kahn incident this time, he has also lost a lot of points..."

"Yes, many people think that the government's support for Strauss-Kahn is not enough, allowing the American conspiracy to succeed..."

As mentioned before, in the Strauss-Kahn incident, because of his previous achievements as French Finance Minister and his tough stance as the Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund, Strauss-Kahn still has many supporters in France.

Regarding the Strauss-Kahn incident, the French people mostly believe that it is a conspiracy by the United States, and the whole incident is a frame-up against Strauss-Kahn.

Although France's "cold treatment" of Strauss-Kahn has successfully prevented Sarkozy from participating in the election next year, this incident has also reduced his support among the people.

It seems that Sarkozy will lose the election next year, just like in the original time and space...