The last time he appeared on radar screens, it was in spite of himself, on June 14th. During the broadcast from a daily report, we could see, in the background of a Marseille swimming pool, a Benjamin Griveaux in shorts, all smiles. “It’s Marseille baby 😉”, the interested party will have fun on Twitter, arrested by a journalist who recognized him. This fleeting and improbable appearance comes as the former government spokesperson has been on a media diet since the affair that ended his political career.
In February 2020, the former government spokesman was forced to abandon his difficult campaign for municipal elections in Paris, after the dissemination of private videos of a sexual nature on the Internet. Russian activist Piotr Pavlenski and his companion Alexandra de Taddeo are on trial in this case this Wednesday and Thursday next, for invasion of privacy. According to our information, the former Macronist deputy will not be present at the trial. But after leaving politics in May 2021, what is happening today?
Return to private life and TV chronicles
Benjamin Giveaux gave some information about his “new life” during an interview at JDDin August 2021. “After having submitted two parliamentary reports, I left my mandate as a deputy on May 12 [2021] to turn a page and give birth to a long-matured project: the creation of a consulting firm for business leaders and start-ups,” he said. The former close friend of Dominique Strauss-Kahn also announced his participation in a television program on the economic channel Bsmart, devoted to business strategies.
If Benjamin Griveaux is done with the small screen (its last broadcast was in June 2022), he remains very active in the private sector. “I liked the energy released by the entrepreneurs I had the chance to meet during my life. This same energy drives me today, ”he explained in a message published on his Linkedin account in 2021. This same page indicates that he is a member of the advisory board of companies Circle (a strategy consulting firm) and Norbert Health (wellness services and sports facilities), but also a member of the strategic committee of Sorius (start-up specializing in cycling). Benjamin Griveaux has also launched several companies in recent months, including one in financial services, and another in real estate, according to the site. papers. The 45-year-old entrepreneur is now increasing investments in various startups, particularly in the field of artificial intelligence.
Still “close ties” with the government
Always on LinkedIn in 2021, to explain his withdrawal from political life, Benjamin Griveaux said he remained “faithful to the project of transformation of our country that[Emmanuel Macron] initiated in 2017”. Since then, the former deputy for Paris has not spoken to speak on French politics, apart from a few messages on Twitter. The former macronie executive scratches his former political opponents there from time to time, Jean-Luc Mélenchon and Sandrine Rousseau in the lead. A sign that he misses the political arena?
According to our information, Benjamin Griveaux is “very happy with his new life” as an entrepreneur and does not imagine a return to politics. The former secretary of state nevertheless retains “close ties” with his former colleagues, including certain members of the government. One of them says they talk with him “on the friendly level of his professional projects”. The deputy for Paris Sylvain Maillard, vice-president of the Renaissance group and close to the person concerned, confirms: “Benjamin seems very happy in this new life as an entrepreneur. He has completely stopped politics but continues to see parliamentarians or ministers who ask him. Of course, he remains a traveling companion of the President of the Republic and of Renaissance”.