Maxime Saada
Philippe Mazzoni
France
2022

Canal+ Group

Maxime
Saada

Chairman / CEO

Since taking the top slot in 2015, Saada has stretched the company’s international reach, acquiring pay TV broadcaster M7 and channel operator SPI International. This year, Canal+ became the main shareholder of South Africa’s MultiChoice, which has more than 16 million subs, and acquired Rwanda’s Zacu Entertainment. He chairs production-distribu­tion arm StudioCanal, which this year took a majority stake in Dutch FilmWorks, with its catalogue of over 900 films, and heads global video platform Dailymotion. Content is king for Saada, with Canal+ investing €3.3 billion annually, including international co-prods with Apple, Netflix and Sky. In June, he was appointed to the board of parent company Vivendi. 

Career

  • Studiocanal
  • Canal+ Group
  • Dailymotion U.S.

Education

  • Institute of Political Studies of Paris (France)

Variety Honors

  • 2017 Variety500 Honoree
  • 2018 Variety500 Honoree
  • 2019 Variety500 Honoree
  • 2020 Variety500 Honoree
  • 2021 Variety500 Honoree
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