François Perrodo

François Perrodo
François Perrodo
	François Perrodo
Born	François Hubert Marie Perrodo; 14 February 1977; Singapore
Nationality	French
Alma mater	St Peter's College, Oxford; IFP School; INSEAD
Occupation	Businessman
Known for	Chairman, Perenco
Parent(s)	Hubert Perrodo; Carrie Perrodo

François Perrodo (born 14 February 1977), is a French businessman, and the chairman of Perenco, an oil and gas company with operations in 16 countries,[1] which was founded by his father.

Biography

Origin

François Perrodo was born on 14 February 1977 in Singapore. He is the son of Carrie and Hubert Perrodo, French businessman and founder of the independent oil group Perenco.

Education

François Perrodo has a degree in physics from St Peter's College, Oxford,[2] where he captained the University polo team in 1999.[3][4] He is now a member of Guards Polo Club.[3]

After an engineering degree in 2002 from the École Nationale Supérieure du Pétrole et des Moteurs (ENSPM) now called IFP School (French Institute of Petroleum), he received an MBA from INSEAD in Singapore.[5]

Business

He is the president of the independent Franco-British oil company Perenco, after his father died in 2006 in a hiking accident near Courchevel, and has run the family business since 2007.[6]

Racing driver

Porsche 997 GT3-RSR

Perrodo is a motorsport enthusiast, he started with classic car racing in 2010.[7][8]

He competes in endurance racing in the FIA World Endurance Championship, currently with the French racing team TDS Racing in the LMP2 class, having initially competed in the GTE Am class from 2013 until 2016. He has taken part in the 24 Hours of Le Mans, V de V Series, Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup, European Le Mans Series (ELMS), United SportsCar Championship and the 24 Hours Series.

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results

Year	Entrant	Class	Car	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Rank	Points
2013	Prospeed Competition	LMGTE Am	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6	SIL	SPA	LMS 9	SÃO	COA	FUJ	SHA			22nd	15
2013	AF Corse	LMGTE Am	Ferrari 458 Italia GT2	Ferrari 4.5 L V8								BHR 3		22nd	15
2014	Prospeed Competition	LMGTE Am	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6	SIL Ret	SPA 6	LMS Ret							9th	58
2014	Prospeed Competition	LMGTE Am	Porsche 911 RSR	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6				COA 8	FUJ 3	SHA 4	BHR 7	SÃO 5		9th	58
2015	AF Corse	LMGTE Am	Ferrari 458 Italia GT2	Ferrari 4.5 L V8	SIL 2	SPA 2	LMS 3	NÜR 3	COA 3	FUJ 3	SHA 1	BHR 4		2nd	148
2016	AF Corse	LMGTE Am	Ferrari 458 Italia GT2	Ferrari 4.5 L V8	SIL 1	SPA 2	LMS 1	NÜR 2	MEX 2	COA 6	FUJ 2	SHA 2	BHR 3	1st	188
2017	TDS Racing	LMP2	Oreca 07	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	SIL 3	SPA 9	LMS Ret	NÜR 8	MEX 7	COA 7	FUJ 4	SHA 6	BHR 9	14th	55
2018–19	TDS Racing	LMP2	Oreca 07	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	SPA 4	LMS DSQ	SIL 7	FUJ 4	SHA Ret	SEB NC	SPA 4	LMS 3		8th	66
2019-20	AF Corse	LMGTE Am	Ferrari 488 GTE Evo	Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8	SIL 1	FUJ 2	SHA 4	BHR 4	COA 4	SPA 1	LMS 3	BHR 2		1st	167

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
2013	Prospeed Competition	Emmanuel Collard Sébastien Crubilé	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	GTE Am	298	36th	9th
2014	Prospeed Competition	Emmanuel Collard Markus Palttala	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	GTE Am	194	DNF	DNF
2015	AF Corse	Rui Águas Emmanuel Collard	Ferrari 458 Italia GT2	GTE Am	330	26th	4th
2016	AF Corse	Rui Águas Emmanuel Collard	Ferrari 458 Italia GT2	GTE Am	331	27th	2nd
2017	TDS Racing	Emmanuel Collard Matthieu Vaxivière	Oreca 07-Gibson	LMP2	213	DNF	DNF
2018	TDS Racing	Loïc Duval Matthieu Vaxivière	Oreca 07-Gibson	LMP2	366	DSQ	DSQ
2019	TDS Racing	Loïc Duval Matthieu Vaxivière	Oreca 07-Gibson	LMP2	366	8th	3rd
2020	AF Corse	Nicklas Nielsen Emmanuel Collard	Ferrari 488 GTE Evo	GTE Am	339	26th	3rd

References

"Bloomberg Business Week". Retrieved 26 August 2013.
"A Fabulous Gift - www.spc.ox.ac.uk". www.spc.ox.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 12 June 2018. Retrieved 7 June 2018.
"Guards Polo Club". Archived from the original on 19 October 2013. Retrieved 26 August 2013.
"Polo Archive". Archived from the original on 25 October 2014. Retrieved 26 August 2013.
"Business Education Ranking".
"Verif.com". Retrieved 26 August 2013.
"European Le Mans Series". Archived from the original on 18 September 2013. Retrieved 26 August 2013.
"ProSpeed". Archived from the original on 21 August 2013. Retrieved 26 August 2013.

External links

Official Company website
François Perrodo career summary at DriverDB.com

Sporting positions
Preceded by Andrea Bertolini Aleksey Basov Viktor Shaitar	FIA Endurance Trophy for LMGTE Am Drivers 2016 With: Emmanuel Collard & Rui Águas	Succeeded by Pedro Lamy Mathias Lauda Paul Dalla Lana
Preceded by Jörg Bergmeister Patrick Lindsey Egidio Perfetti	FIA Endurance Trophy for LMGTE Am Drivers 2019-20 With: Emmanuel Collard & Nicklas Nielsen	Succeeded by Incumbent

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[1] "Bloomberg Business Week". Retrieved 26 August 2013.

[2] "A Fabulous Gift - www.spc.ox.ac.uk". www.spc.ox.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 12 June 2018. Retrieved 7 June 2018.

[auto-3] "Guards Polo Club". Archived from the original on 19 October 2013. Retrieved 26 August 2013.

[4] "Polo Archive". Archived from the original on 25 October 2014. Retrieved 26 August 2013.

[5] "Business Education Ranking".

[6] "Verif.com". Retrieved 26 August 2013.

[7] "European Le Mans Series". Archived from the original on 18 September 2013. Retrieved 26 August 2013.

[8] "ProSpeed". Archived from the original on 21 August 2013. Retrieved 26 August 2013.