HOUSES OF STARS Rodolphe Saadé: Details on the luxurious villas, in Marseille and Saint-Tropez, of the new boss of BFMTV

Little by little, his empire is expanding: owner after his father of the maritime group CMA CGM, Rodolphe Saadé launched into the press a few years ago by buying La Provence and La Tribune in particular. But in recent days, it is a particularly juicy move that he has achieved, since his group has bought Altice Médias, in which we find in particular BFMTV and RMC.

A new acquisition which has propelled his name into the media… but not his face: at 54, the Franco-Lebanese businessman remains particularly discreet and has spoken little. A trait of his personality which does not date from yesterday but which he has managed to keep throughout his career by perfectly separating his career from his private life and by hiding the latter in luxury residences in the heart of ultra-secure neighborhoods.

For many years, he has lived in Marseille with his wife Véronique Albertini, a former executive at Compagnie du Ponant, and their two children. But it’s difficult to know more: their accommodation, a bastide typical of the region, is located according to the magazine Challenges on the Périer hill, an ultra-chic district overlooking the Phocaean city where villas with swimming pools and private tennis courts rub shoulders with luxury apartments. But don’t expect to get in: everything is very secret and non-owners can hardly access it!

Another well-known and very secure villa

And the couple prefers to preserve their privacy even on vacation: since 2021, both have owned another property on the Côte d’Azur, near Saint-Tropez. And here again, nothing was left to chance: for 27 million euros, Rodolphe Saadé and his wife got their hands on the former home of director Gérard Oury and his daughter Danièle Thompson, Les Oliviers.

Located in the ultra-chic Capon district, where the audiovisual producer Stéphane Courbit, the family of the general director of Groupe Arnault, Nicolas Bazire, and the presenter Nagui also live, the house very probably has a swimming pool and feet in the Mediterranean.

And now corresponds perfectly to the businessman: “He plans to redo everything with the architect Jean-Michel Wilmotte for 10 to 12 million euros“, revealed a property dealer to our colleagues at Le Point at the time of the takeover. Constantly surrounded by bodyguards, the billionaire is nevertheless not ready to let any passerby into his immense home…