Background
Her father and grandfather Jacques Parisot (who set up the business) led the Parisot group, an unquoted furnishing retail company.
Her father and grandfather Jacques Parisot (who set up the business) led the Parisot group, an unquoted furnishing retail company.
She studied Law in Nancy University and then entered the Institut d"Études Politiques de Paris. In 1986, she was nominated director of the Louis Harris Institute poll.
She also directs the IFOP poll institute. She became the 276th wealthiest French person after she inherited the Parisot group (first furnishing retail group in France). She is single and has no children.
Since 1990, she has been chief executive of the IFOP poll institute after she bought 75% of its capital.
Head of the MEDEF In 2003, she entered the MEDEF executive board. On 5 July 2005 she replaced Ernest-Antoine Seillière as head of the organisation and held this position until 3 July 2013.
She declared that she intended to fight against unemployment and put the “enterprise at the center of French society”. She added that she would work very hard to push French MPs to adopt a more liberal labour legislation.
She has also been a member of Banque Nationale de Paris Paribas board since 1990.