Vivendi

Summary

Vivendi is an organization^[1]. Vivendi ranks in the top 0.73% of organization entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (807 views/month, #66 of 9,083).^[2]

Key Facts

• Vivendi's field of work was media company^[3].
• Vivendi's field of work was mass media^[4].
• Vivendi is in the country of France^[5].
• Vivendi's image is recorded as Vivendi headquarters.jpg^[6].
• Vivendi's instance of is recorded as organization^[7].
• Vivendi's instance of is recorded as business^[8].
• Vivendi's founder is recorded as Napoleon III^[9].
• Vivendi's owned by is recorded as Bolloré^[10].
• Vivendi's owned by is recorded as Société Générale^[11].
• Vivendi's owned by is recorded as Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations^[12].
• Vivendi's owned by is recorded as employee^[13].
• Vivendi's logo image is recorded as Logo vivendi.svg^[14].
• Vivendi's follows is recorded as MCA Inc.^[15].
• Vivendi's follows is recorded as Seagram Company Ltd.^[16].
• Vivendi's follows is recorded as Compagnie Générale des Eaux^[17].
• Vivendi's headquarters location is recorded as Paris^[18].
• Vivendi's chief executive officer is recorded as Arnaud de Puyfontaine^[19].
• Vivendi's chief executive officer is recorded as Yannick Bolloré^[20].
• Vivendi's ISNI is recorded as 0000000100752139^[21].
• Vivendi's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 195912018^[22].
• Vivendi's GND ID is recorded as 5306607-8^[23].
• Vivendi's IdRef ID is recorded as 050735578^[24].
• Vivendi's child organization or unit is recorded as Canal+^[25].
• Vivendi's child organization or unit is recorded as Gameloft^[26].
• Vivendi's child organization or unit is recorded as Dailymotion^[27].

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Founding

Vivendi's founder is recorded as Napoleon III^[9]. Recorded inception include +1987-12-18T00:00:00Z^[28] and +1981-00-00T00:00:00Z^[29].

Identity

Official names include {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'Vivendi SA'}^[30] and {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'VIVENDI SE'}^[31]. Vivendi's part of is recorded as CAC 40^[32]. Predecessors include MCA Inc.^[15], Seagram Company Ltd.^[16], and Compagnie Générale des Eaux^[17].

Leadership

Chief executives include Arnaud de Puyfontaine^[19], a businessperson^[33], b. 1964^[34], of France^[35], awarded the Knight of the Legion of Honour^[36] and Yannick Bolloré^[20], a businessperson^[37], b. 1980^[38], of France^[39], awarded the Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres^[40].

Operations

Vivendi's headquarters location is recorded as Paris^[18]. Subsidiaries include Canal+^[25], an organization^[41], in France^[42], founded in 1984^[43], headquartered in Issy-les-Moulineaux^[44]; Gameloft^[26], a video game developer^[45], in France^[46], founded in 1999^[47], headquartered in Paris^[48]; Dailymotion^[27], an online video platform^[49], in France^[50], founded in 2005^[51], headquartered in Paris^[52]; Havas^[53], an organization^[54], in France^[55], founded in 1835^[56], headquartered in Puteaux^[57]; Vivendi Village^[58], an organization^[59], in France^[60], founded in 2006^[61], headquartered in Paris^[62]; and Q3047660^[63].

Industry

Vivendi's industry is recorded as activities of head offices^[64]. Fields of work include media company^[3] and mass media^[4], an academic discipline^[65].

Ownership

Owners include Bolloré^[10], an organization^[66], in France^[67], founded in 1822^[68], headquartered in Puteaux^[69]; Société Générale^[11], an organization^[70], in France^[71], founded in 1864^[72], headquartered in Paris^[73]; Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations^[12], an organization^[74], in France^[75], founded in 1816^[76], headquartered in Paris^[77]; and employee^[13], an occupation^[78]. Stock exchanges include Euronext Paris^[79] and Italian Stock Exchange^[80].

Why It Matters

Vivendi ranks in the top 0.73% of organization entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (807 views/month, #66 of 9,083).^[2] Vivendi has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[81] Vivendi is known by 40 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[82]