In 2002 he advised French Communist Party candidate Robert Hue in the presidential election.
Connections
Beigbeder was born into a privileged family in Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine.
His mother, Christine de Chasteigner, is a translator of mawkish novels (Barbara Cartland et al.); his father, Jean-Michel Beigbeder, is a headhunter. His brother is Charles Beigbeder, a businessman.