Pierre-Édouard Stérin

Pierre-Édouard Stérin is a French entrepreneur and billionaire. He is the cofounder of the gift card company Smartbox, the investment fund Otium Capital, and the philanthropic organization Fondation du Bien Commun.

Early life

Stérin grew up in Normandy in a middle-class family. His father is a chartered accountant and his mother works at a bank. He attended the Lycée Aristide-Briand in Évreux, in the economics stream.

Career

In 2023, Stérin made an unsuccessful joint bid with Daniel Křetínský and Stéphane Courbit for about 37% of Vivendi's publishing division Editis. In 2025, he was part of a consortium that agreed to buy right-wing magazine Valeurs Actuelles.
His fortune is estimated at around 1.3 billion euros In 2023, he and François Durvye co-invested €2.5 million to buy Jean-Marie Le Pen's family house in Paris.

Political activities

Stérin is close to traditional Catholicism. In 2024, he launched Périclès, an initiative to strengthen right-wing policies in France. Together with right-wing media entrepreneur and billionaire Vincent Bolloré, he organized the "Summit of Freedoms" in 2025. At the summit, media makers brought together conservative and right-wing politicians.

Personal life

Stérin is married and has five children. Since 2012, he has lived in Belgium for tax reasons and justifies his move as follows: "I am very critical of the government. So many freedoms are being curtailed, and all the taxes imposed on us are being misused."