Death of Pierre Bénichou: who is Antoine, his son? : Current Woman Le MAG

It’s a sad day for the world of journalism. Pierre Bénichou bowed out at the age of 82, on the night of March 30-31, 2020, announced RTL in the morning. The former editor of New Observer (become The Obs), and emblematic chronicler of Big heads, was widowed since 2012. His wife, Alix Dufaure, was also a journalist for the magazine Marie Claire. Pierre Bénichou therefore leaves behind a single son, Antoine. It was the latter who unveiled the causes of his death at theAFP. But Antoine Bénichou did not follow the path of his parents. Born in 1972, he began his schooling at the Lycée Victor Duruy in the 7th arrondissement of the capital. He will get a bac C there, ancestor of the current scientific baccalaureate. In 1992, he entered the Institut Supérieur de Gestion in Paris.

An impressive career

Antoine Bénichou studied for three years in the prestigious business school, where he decided to create the association "100 ideas for the employment of young people". But the young man is passionate about music. Upon graduation in 1995, he started as project manager for the group's music subsidiary. Canal +. He then held the same position at MCA Records, where he made his first entry into the giant Universal Music Group. By becoming responsible for the record company Barclay that he is working for the first time on the albums of major song stars, including Rihanna, Booba, Jay-Z and even Stevie Wonder.

After six years at Universal, Antoine Bénichou leaves for new horizons. In 2005, he became director of the label Hostile Records. He will have the opportunity to produce Diam’s, Rohff and Soprano. It was finally two years later that he returned to Universal Music, within the French subsidiary, that he never left. Successively, the son of the famous journalist took on the roles of marketing director, general manager of the audiovisual department, then commercial director. For more than twelve years, he worked on the songs of U2, Amy Winehouse, Duffy, The Rolling Stones, Kool Shen, Florent Pagny, and many others. A career that had enough to make his father admiring.

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