Name: Daniel Filipacchi
Date of Birth: 1928
Place of Birth: Paris
Daniel Filipacchi is Hachette Filipacchi Médias’ Chairman Emeritus. He has been known for his passionate work in photography, art collecting and jazz. In France, he is widely known as the host of ‘Salut les Copains’, the most famous radio music show during the 1960s. As a photographer, he bought the Paris Match magazine and turned it into one of the most successful and well-loved publications in France. For many years, Filipacchi expanded the media empire of Hachette Filipacchi. He became well-known for being one of the world’s experts, and also a collector of, in Surrealist art. His collections of Surrealist art received a major exhibit in 1999 at the Guggenheim in New York.
Daniel studied at a French public school until the start of World War II. After that, he never attended any school again and began to self-educate. At the age of 13, he worked as an apprentice typesetter in a printing office that specialised in clandestine works.
At the age of 27, when he was recognised as an expert jazz player, he was recruited to host a show on the radio the day Charlie Parker died in 1955. The show became successful that he was requested to host a radio jazz every day, with Franck Tenot. Because of the success of the show, Daniel bought Jazz Magazine, which began their business of publishing.
Date of Birth: 1928
Place of Birth: Paris
Daniel Filipacchi is Hachette Filipacchi Médias’ Chairman Emeritus. He has been known for his passionate work in photography, art collecting and jazz. In France, he is widely known as the host of ‘Salut les Copains’, the most famous radio music show during the 1960s. As a photographer, he bought the Paris Match magazine and turned it into one of the most successful and well-loved publications in France. For many years, Filipacchi expanded the media empire of Hachette Filipacchi. He became well-known for being one of the world’s experts, and also a collector of, in Surrealist art. His collections of Surrealist art received a major exhibit in 1999 at the Guggenheim in New York.
Daniel studied at a French public school until the start of World War II. After that, he never attended any school again and began to self-educate. At the age of 13, he worked as an apprentice typesetter in a printing office that specialised in clandestine works.
At the age of 27, when he was recognised as an expert jazz player, he was recruited to host a show on the radio the day Charlie Parker died in 1955. The show became successful that he was requested to host a radio jazz every day, with Franck Tenot. Because of the success of the show, Daniel bought Jazz Magazine, which began their business of publishing.
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