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Alain Missoffe, dynasty obliges

2020-10-02T20:29:47.799Z


PORTRAIT - A descendant of the Wendels, he pays homage, in a book, to the iron women of his family.On paper, he has all the attributes of the son of a family. Alain Missoffe is, in fact, the very prototype of the offspring which has “branch”. And not just any. Son of a father, François Missoffe, who was Minister and Ambassador to General de Gaulle, and of a mother, Hélène Missoffe, who was MP, Senator, and Secretary of State under Giscard; son-in-law of Ernest-Antoine Seillière, former presiden


On paper, he has all the attributes of the son of a family.

Alain Missoffe is, in fact, the very prototype of the offspring which has “branch”.

And not just any.

Son of a father, François Missoffe, who was Minister and Ambassador to General de Gaulle, and of a mother, Hélène Missoffe, who was MP, Senator, and Secretary of State under Giscard;

son-in-law of Ernest-Antoine Seillière, former president of Wendel and former "boss of employers" and finally great-grandson of François de Wendel, master of the forges, and at the time a symbolic figure of what the left called the “Two hundred families”, the current deputy general manager of the Klésia group could push himself out of the pass.

Or display a sort of arrogance, that of well-born and wealthy people, aware of belonging to another world and gazing at those who did not come from it.

As a child, I used to sit on André Malraux's knees but unfortunately there is no photo

Alain missoffe

Only here, this happy and bon vivant quinqua has nothing to do with the cliché that we would like to attach to him.

Of course, he lived - and still lives - in the 16th arrondissement

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Source: lefigaro

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