Vianney d’Alançon, the intriguing entrepreneur behind the billionaires’ raid on the ESJ Paris – Libération

The businessman led the takeover of the Parisian journalism school by a consortium seeking “anti-woke” training and crushed by the shadow of Vincent Bolloré. He had previously distinguished himself by buying castles to put on shows praising a conservative and Catholic France.

As a child, on vacation, in certain family homes in the heart of Auvergne or Provence, Vianney d'Alançon raised sheep. “I loved it when I was young. I spent more time in the stables than in the schools. says the 38-year-old entrepreneur whose only qualification is his hunting license. Implied, it would not be “the caricature” that his bourgeois name, his professional career, his business of religious jewelry and the purchase of castles or even his solid Catholic network (from the consensual Dîner des Buildeurs to his close proximity with the ultra-reactive bishop Dominique Rey) tend to draw. Not to mention his repertoire full of powerful political, cultural, media and economic contacts.

Moreover, he points out to us that he did not respond to any media apart from Liberationproof of his open-mindedness, since the surprise announcement of his appointment to the post of president of ESJ Paris. Which boasts of being the oldest school of journalism – but still not recognized by the profession – and that it