Xavier Niel
$10.28B
as of 07/05/24
About Xavier Niel
Technology entrepreneur Xavier Neil owns telecoms giant Iliad, the parent company of Free, one of France's largest internet service providers.
His portfolio also includes ownership of Monaco Telecom and Orange Switzerland, the latter of which he acquired in 2014 for $2.9 billion and renamed Salt.
Niel also owns stakes in French newspaper LeMonde, British telecoms company Vodafone and Paris-based commercial real estate firm Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield.
His early venture WorldNet was France's first Internet provider. He started it in 1993 at age 25 and exited seven years later for $50 million.
Personal stats
Citizenship
FranceSource of wealth
Internet, telecomResidence
Paris, FranceMarital status
SingleBirth date
08/25/67 (age 56)Number of children
3Self-made
self-madeXavier Niel’s fortune is worth
171K
troy ounces of gold
158K
median U.S. household
103K
median U.S. income
0.206%
U.S. credit card volume
0.041%
GDP of the United States
0.03%
United States debt
Net worth history
Annual ranking
Did you know?
Niel used to own Parisian peep shows.
Net worth over time
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Financial assets
EURONEXT PARIS | ATEME-FR
AtemeEURONEXT PARIS | MDW-FR
MediawanNASDAQ | TIGO-US
Millicom Intl CellularEURONEXT PARIS | TRACT-FR
TeractEURONEXT PARIS | URW-FR
Unibail-Rodamco-WestfieldLONDON | VOD-GB
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