François Perrodo | |
Birth Name: | François Hubert Marie Perrodo |
Birth Place: | Singapore |
Birth Date: | 14 February 1977 |
Known For: | Chairman, Perenco |
Alma Mater: | St Peter's College, Oxford IFP School INSEAD |
Occupation: | Businessman |
Nationality: | French |
Parents: | Hubert Perrodo Carrie Perrodo |
François Hubert Marie Perrodo (born 14 February 1977) is a French billionaire businessman, racing driver, and car collector. He is the chairman of Perenco, an oil and gas company with operations in 14 countries, which was founded by his father. In October 2023, Forbes estimated his family to be worth US$10 billion.[1]
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 oil group Perenco.
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]
Perrodo is the president of the Franco-British Perenco, an oil and gas corporation specialized in secondary recovery from wells the major oil companies have ceased to exploit.[6] He has acquired significant real estate using shell companies in offshore tax havens.[7]
Perrodo maintains a large collection of historically significant automobiles and is one of the most prolific French car collectors. He keeps cars in both France and the United Kingdom. Perrodo shares photos and stories of his cars and his racing career on his Instagram account.[8]
The collection includes:[9]
The collection used to include the following, which have since been sold:
Perrodo is a motorsport enthusiast, he started with classic car racing in 2010.[11] [12]
He competes in endurance racing in the FIA World Endurance Championship, currently having leveraged his fortune into a ride with AF Corse 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.
Perrodo again competed for AF Corse in the 2022 24 Hours of Le Mans, driving the team's No. 83 LMP2 entry. While running side-by-side with the GTE-Pro class leading No. 64 Corvette of Alexander Sims in the final hours of the race, Perrodo swerved sharply left and sent the Corvette crashing into the barriers in the middle of the Mulsanne Straight. AF Corse's No. 51 GTE-Pro entry was running second in class at the time and went on to inherit the class lead from the Corvette.[13]
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Entrant | Class | Car | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Pts | ||
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2013 | Prospeed Competition | LMGTE | Porsche 997 GT3-RSR | Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 | SIL | IMO | RBR | HUN | LEC | 8th | 40 | ||
2014 | Crubilé Sport | LMGTE | Porsche 997 GT3 RSR | Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 | SIL | IMO | 20th | 13 | |||||
AF Corse | Ferrari F458 Italia | Ferrari 4.5 L V8 | RBR | LEC | EST | ||||||||
2018 | TDS Racing | LMP2 | Oreca 07 | Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 | LEC | MNZ | RBR | SIL | SPA | ALG | 10th | 38 | |
2020 | AF Corse | LMGTE | Ferrari 488 GTE Evo | Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 | LEC | SPA | LEC | MNZ | ALG | NC | 0 | ||
2021 | AF Corse | LMGTE | Ferrari 488 GTE Evo | Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 | CAT | RBR | LEC | MNZ | SPA | ALG | 3rd | 83 | |
2022 | AF Corse | LMP2 | Oreca 07 | Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 | LEC | IMO | MNZ | CAT | SPA | ALG | 12th | 25 | |
Pro-Am Cup | 3rd | 101 | |||||||||||
2023 | AF Corse | LMP2 Pro/Am | Oreca 07 | Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 | CAT | LEC | ARA | SPA | PRT | ALG | 1st | 110 | |
2024 | AF Corse | LMP2 Pro/Am | Oreca 07 | Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 | CAT | LEC | IMO | SPA | MUG | ALG | 2nd* | 55* |
Year | Entrant | Class | Car | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Rank | Points |
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2013 | Prospeed Competition | LMGTE Am | Porsche 997 GT3-RSR | Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 | SIL | SPA | LMS | SÃO | COA | FUJ | SHA | 22nd | 15 | ||
AF Corse | Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 | Ferrari 4.5 L V8 | BHR | ||||||||||||
2014 | Prospeed Competition | LMGTE Am | Porsche 997 GT3-RSR | Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 | SIL | SPA | LMS | 9th | 58 | ||||||
Porsche 911 RSR | COA | FUJ | SHA | BHR | SÃO | ||||||||||
2015 | AF Corse | LMGTE Am | Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 | Ferrari 4.5 L V8 | SIL | SPA | LMS | NÜR | COA | FUJ | SHA | BHR | 2nd | 148 | |
2016 | AF Corse | LMGTE Am | Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 | Ferrari 4.5 L V8 | SIL | SPA | LMS | NÜR | MEX | COA | FUJ | SHA | BHR | 1st | 188 |
2017 | TDS Racing | LMP2 | Oreca 07 | Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 | SIL | SPA | LMS | NÜR | MEX | COA | FUJ | SHA | BHR | 14th | 55 |
2018–19 | TDS Racing | LMP2 | Oreca 07 | Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 | SPA | LMS | SIL | FUJ | SHA | SEB | SPA | LMS | 8th | 66 | |
2019-20 | AF Corse | LMGTE Am | Ferrari 488 GTE Evo | Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 | SIL | FUJ | SHA | BHR | COA | SPA | LMS | BHR | 1st | 167 | |
2021 | AF Corse | LMGTE Am | Ferrari 488 GTE Evo | Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 | SPA | POR | MON | LMS | BHR | BHR | 1st | 150 | |||
2022 | AF Corse | LMP2 | Oreca 07 | Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 | SEB | SPA | LMS | MNZ | FUJ | BHR | 18th | 12 | |||
Pro-Am Cup | 1st | 177 |
Year | Team | Co-Drivers | Car | Class | Laps | ||
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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 |
2021 | AF Corse | Nicklas Nielsen Alessio Rovera | Ferrari 488 GTE Evo | GTE Am | 340 | 25th | 1st |
2022 | AF Corse | Nicklas Nielsen Alessio Rovera | Oreca 07-Gibson | LMP2 | 361 | 24th | 19th |
2023 | AF Corse | Ben Barnicoat Norman Nato | Oreca 07-Gibson | LMP2 | 183 | DNF | DNF |
LMP2 Pro-Am | |||||||
2024 | AF Corse | Ben Barnicoat Nicolás Varrone | Oreca 07-Gibson | LMP2 | 297 | 18th | 4th |
LMP2 Pro-Am | 1st | ||||||
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Team | Class | Car | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Rank | Points | |
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2015 | AF Corse | GTLM | Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 | Ferrari F142 4.5 L V8 | DAY | SEB | LBH | LGA | WGL | MOS | ELK | VIR | COA | PET | 27th | 22 | |||
2017 | EBIMOTORS | GTD | Lamborghini Huracán GT3 | Lamborghini 5.2L V10 | DAY | SEB | LBH | COA | DET | WGL | MOS | LIM | ELK | VIR | LGA | PET | 65th | 22 | |
2023 | AF Corse | LMP2 | Oreca 07 | Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 | DAY | SEB | MON | WGL | ELK | IMS | PET | 24th | 306 |