Pierre-Édouard Robert Raymond Marie-Joseph Stérin (; born 3 January 1974, Évreux) is a French entrepreneur, billionaire and conservative activist. He is the cofounder of the gift card company Smartbox, the investment fund Otium Capital, and the philanthropic organization Fondation du Bien Commun.
Early life Stérin grew up in Normandy in a middle-class family. His father is a chartered accountant and his mother works at a bank. He attended the Lycée Aristide-Briand in Évreux, in the economics stream.
Career In 2023, Stérin made an unsuccessful joint bid with Daniel Křetínský and Stéphane Courbit for about 37% of Vivendi's publishing division Editis.Mathieu Rosemain and Diana Mandia (8 March 2023), Vivendi hits antitrust hurdles in quest for Lagardere Reuters. In 2025, he was part of a consortium that agreed to buy right-wing magazine Valeurs Actuelles.Sudip Kar-Gupta (26 September 2025), French billionaire Sterin part of group buying right-wing magazine Valeurs Actuelles Reuters.
In 2023, he and François Durvye co-invested €2.5 million to buy Jean-Marie Le Pen's family house in Paris. In 2025, his fortune was estimated at around 1.3 billion euros (1.5 billion dollars).https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-04-29/right-wing-billionaire-sterin-aims-to-remodel-france-s-politics-become-saint
Political activities Stérin is close to traditionalist Catholicism. In 2024, he launched the , an initiative to strengthen right-wing policies in France. Together with the media entrepreneur and billionaire Vincent Bolloré, he organized the "Summit of Freedoms" ("sommet des libertés") in 2025. At the summit, media makers brought together conservative and right-wing politicians.
Personal life Stérin is married and has five children. Since 2012, he has lived in Belgium for tax reasons and justifies his move as follows: "I am very critical of the government. So many freedoms are being curtailed, and all the taxes imposed on us are being misused."
References
External links Project Périclès (Patriotes Enracinés Résistants Identitaires Chrétiens Libéraux Européens Souverainistes)