Jean-Paul Denfert-Rochereau

Jean-Paul Denfert-Rochereau was born in Paris and is married to Sibylle Gaussen, who has dual French-American citizenship. Together they have three children.

In 2007, after having spent 25 years of his career as their International CEO and establishing their presence in the US in 1985, he left Hachette Filipacchi Medias, the largest publisher in the world of such widely distributed magazines as Elle, Paris Match, Car & Driver, and Woman’s Day, among others.

Jean-Paul is currently involved in developing the association "Les Oeuvres de Saint-Jean" (Saint John's Works), linked to the Order of Saint John of which he is a knight. This association creates and manages temporary housing units located within French hospitals in order to accommodate parents of hospitalized children.

Today Jean-Paul’s leisure time is devoted to travel, his property in Provence, as well as horseback riding and hunting. Jean-Paul holds the distinction of chevalier dans l’Ordre de la Légion d’honneur.