# François Perrodo

François Hubert Marie Perrodo (born 14 February 1977) is a French billionaire businessman, racing driver, and car collector. He is the chairman of Perenco, an oil and gas company with operations in 14 countries, which was founded by his father. In October 2023, Forbes estimated his family to be worth US$10 billion.

## Biography
### Origin

François Perrodo was born on 14 February 1977 in Singapore. He is the son of Carrie and Hubert Perrodo, French businessman and founder of the oil group Perenco.

### Education

François Perrodo has a degree in physics from St Peter's College, Oxford, where he captained the University polo team in 1999. He is now a member of Guards Polo Club.
After an engineering degree in 2002 from the École Nationale Supérieure du Pétrole et des Moteurs (ENSPM) now called IFP School (French Institute of Petroleum), he received an MBA from INSEAD in Singapore.

## Business

Perrodo is the president of the Franco-British Perenco, an oil and gas corporation specialized in secondary recovery from wells the major oil companies have ceased to exploit. He has acquired significant real estate using shell companies in offshore tax havens.

### Diversification

As of January 2025, the Perrodo family is diversifying its investments into luxury real estate, diamonds, and clothing. This shift aims to reduce reliance on hydrocarbons and explore new asset classes. Recent filings reveal their acquisitions include a $21 million office and apartment block in New York's SoHo and upscale properties in Spain, alongside ventures in packaged Italian food.
Francois Perrodo, the family's chairman, leads these investments through their London-based family office BNF Capital and private equity firm Perwyn Advisors. The family is also involved in battery metals, uranium, and vineyards.

## Car collection

Perrodo maintains a large collection of historically significant automobiles and is one of the most prolific French car collectors. He keeps cars in both France and the United Kingdom. Perrodo shares photos and stories of his cars and his racing career on his Instagram account.
The collection includes:
* McLaren F1 #069
* McLaren F1 GTR 4R
* McLaren F1 GTR 5R
* Ferrari 250 GT/L Berlinetta
* Ferrari 250 GTO s/n 3387 (purchased in 2016 for $56.4 million)
* Ferrari 250 SWB Competizione
* Ferrari 250 SWB Berlinetta
* Ferrari 250 GT SWB California Spyder (Grey)
* Ferrari 250 GT SWB California Spyder (Black)
* Ferrari 275 GTB/2
* Ferrari 275 GTB/C
* Ferrari 333 SP
* Ferrari 288 GTO
* Ferrari F40
* Ferrari F40
* Ferrari F50
* Ferrari 550 Barchetta Pininfarina
* Ferrari LaFerrari
* Ferrari 812 Competizione Aperta
* Ferrari Monza SP2
* Ferrari Daytona SP3
* Ferrari 550 Maranello GTS
* Ferrari 365 GTS/4
* Bugatti EB110 Super Sport
* Bugatti Veyron 16.4 Grand Sport Vitesse
* Bugatti Chiron Pur Sport
* Bugatti Centodieci
* Porsche 910
* Porsche 917K
* Porsche 911 GT1 Evo
* Porsche 911 GT2 993 (Red)
* Porsche 911 GT2 993 (Yellow)
* Porsche 911 GT2 993 (Blue)
* Porsche 911 GT3 RS 4.0 997 (White)
* Porsche 911 GT3 RS 4.0 997 (Black)
* Porsche Carrera GT
* Porsche RS Spyder Evo
* Porsche RS Spyder Evo
* Maserati MC12
* Maserati MC12 (Blue Carbon Fibre)
* Maserati MC12 GT1
* Aston Martin DBR9
* Alpine A110 (2017)
* Lancia Delta Integrale
* 2008 McLaren MP4-23A Formula 1 car driven by Lewis Hamilton, winning Australian and Monaco GP.
* Lamborghini Diablo SE
* Toyota TS020 #LM907,the only TS020 in private hands.
The collection used to include the following, which have since been sold:
* McLaren F1 #045
* McLaren P1
* McLaren Senna
* McLaren 675LT
* Porsche 918 Spyder
* Lamborghini Huracán Performante
* Mercedes-Benz AMG SLS Black Series
* Lexus LFA
* Ford GT (2017)

## Racing driver

Perrodo is a motorsport enthusiast, he started with classic car racing in 2010.
He competes in endurance racing in the FIA World Endurance Championship, currently having leveraged his fortune into a ride with AF Corse in the LMP2 class, having initially competed in the GTE Am class from 2013 until 2016. He has taken part in the 24 Hours of Le Mans, V de V Series, Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup, European Le Mans Series (ELMS), United SportsCar Championship and the 24 Hours Series.
Perrodo again competed for AF Corse in the 2022 24 Hours of Le Mans, driving the team's No. 83 LMP2 entry. While running side-by-side with the GTE-Pro class leading No. 64 Corvette of Alexander Sims in the final hours of the race, Perrodo swerved sharply left and sent the Corvette crashing into the barriers in the middle of the Mulsanne Straight. AF Corse's No. 51 GTE-Pro entry was running second in class at the time and went on to inherit the class lead from the Corvette.

### Complete European Le Mans Series results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Entrant | Class | Car | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Pos. | Pts |
| 2013 | Prospeed Competition | LMGTE | Porsche 997 GT3-RSR | Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 | SIL 5 | IMO Ret | RBR 5 | HUN 4 | LEC 6 | | 8th | 40 |
| 2014 | Crubilé Sport | LMGTE | Porsche 997 GT3 RSR | Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 | SIL 8 | IMO 10 | | | | | 20th | 13 |
| 2014 | AF Corse | LMGTE | Ferrari F458 Italia | Ferrari 4.5 L V8 | | | RBR 8 | LEC Ret | EST 8 | | 20th | 13 |
| 2018 | TDS Racing | LMP2 | Oreca 07 | Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 | LEC 2 | MNZ 2 | RBR 9 | SIL | SPA | ALG | 10th | 38 |
| 2020 | AF Corse | LMGTE | Ferrari 488 GTE Evo | Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 | LEC | SPA 2 | LEC | MNZ | ALG 8 | | NC | 0 |
| 2021 | AF Corse | LMGTE | Ferrari 488 GTE Evo | Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 | CAT WD | RBR 1 | LEC 3 | MNZ 3 | SPA 1 | ALG 10 | 3rd | 83 |
| 2022 | AF Corse | LMP2 | Oreca 07 | Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 | LEC 8 | IMO 14 | MNZ 12 | CAT 5 | SPA 7 | ALG 8 | 12th | 25 |
| 2022 | AF Corse | Pro-Am Cup | Oreca 07 | Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3rd | 101 |
| 2023 | AF Corse | LMP2 Pro/Am | Oreca 07 | Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 | CAT 2 | LEC 3 | ARA 1 | SPA 4 | PRT 3 | ALG 1 | 1st | 110 |
| 2024 | AF Corse | LMP2 Pro/Am | Oreca 07 | Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 | CAT 1 | LEC 4 | IMO 2 | SPA | MUG | ALG | 2nd* | 55* |

### Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results

| Year | Entrant | Class | Car | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Rank | Points |
| 2013 | Prospeed Competition | LMGTE Am | Porsche 997 GT3-RSR | Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 | SIL | SPA | LMS 9 | SÃO | COA | FUJ | SHA | | | 22nd | 15 |
| 2013 | AF Corse | LMGTE Am | Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 | Ferrari 4.5 L V8 | | | | | | | | BHR 3 | | 22nd | 15 |
| 2014 | Prospeed Competition | LMGTE Am | Porsche 997 GT3-RSR | Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 | SIL Ret | SPA 6 | LMS Ret | | | | | | | 9th | 58 |
| 2014 | Prospeed Competition | LMGTE Am | Porsche 911 RSR | Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 | | | | COA 8 | FUJ 3 | SHA 4 | BHR 7 | SÃO 5 | | 9th | 58 |
| 2015 | AF Corse | LMGTE Am | Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 | Ferrari 4.5 L V8 | SIL 2 | SPA 2 | LMS 3 | NÜR 3 | COA 3 | FUJ 3 | SHA 1 | BHR 4 | | 2nd | 148 |
| 2016 | AF Corse | LMGTE Am | Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 | Ferrari 4.5 L V8 | SIL 1 | SPA 2 | LMS 1 | NÜR 2 | MEX 2 | COA 6 | FUJ 2 | SHA 2 | BHR 3 | 1st | 188 |
| 2017 | TDS Racing | LMP2 | Oreca 07 | Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 | SIL 3 | SPA 9 | LMS Ret | NÜR 8 | MEX 7 | COA 7 | FUJ 4 | SHA 6 | BHR 9 | 14th | 55 |
| 2018–19 | TDS Racing | LMP2 | Oreca 07 | Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 | SPA 4 | LMS DSQ | SIL 7 | FUJ 4 | SHA Ret | SEB NC | SPA 4 | LMS 3 | | 8th | 66 |
| 2019-20 | AF Corse | LMGTE Am | Ferrari 488 GTE Evo | Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 | SIL 1 | FUJ 2 | SHA 4 | BHR 4 | COA 4 | SPA 1 | LMS 3 | BHR 2 | | 1st | 167 |
| 2021 | AF Corse | LMGTE Am | Ferrari 488 GTE Evo | Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 | SPA 1 | POR 11 | MON 1 | LMS 1 | BHR 5 | BHR 1 | | | | 1st | 150 |
| 2022 | AF Corse | LMP2 | Oreca 07 | Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 | SEB 9 | SPA 9 | LMS 11 | MNZ 9 | FUJ 10 | BHR 10 | | | | 18th | 12 |
| 2022 | AF Corse | Pro-Am Cup | Oreca 07 | Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | | | | 1st | 177 |

### Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results

| Year | Team | Co-Drivers | Car | Class | Laps | Pos. | Class Pos. |
| 2013 | Prospeed Competition | Emmanuel Collard Sébastien Crubilé | Porsche 997 GT3-RSR | GTE Am | 298 | 36th | 9th |
| 2014 | Prospeed Competition | Emmanuel Collard Markus Palttala | Porsche 997 GT3-RSR | GTE Am | 194 | DNF | DNF |
| 2015 | AF Corse | Rui Águas Emmanuel Collard | Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 | GTE Am | 330 | 26th | 4th |
| 2016 | AF Corse | Rui Águas Emmanuel Collard | Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 | GTE Am | 331 | 27th | 2nd |
| 2017 | TDS Racing | Emmanuel Collard Matthieu Vaxivière | Oreca 07-Gibson | LMP2 | 213 | DNF | DNF |
| 2018 | TDS Racing | Loïc Duval Matthieu Vaxivière | Oreca 07-Gibson | LMP2 | 366 | DSQ | DSQ |
| 2019 | TDS Racing | Loïc Duval Matthieu Vaxivière | Oreca 07-Gibson | LMP2 | 366 | 8th | 3rd |
| 2020 | AF Corse | Nicklas Nielsen Emmanuel Collard | Ferrari 488 GTE Evo | GTE Am | 339 | 26th | 3rd |
| 2021 | AF Corse | Nicklas Nielsen Alessio Rovera | Ferrari 488 GTE Evo | GTE Am | 340 | 25th | 1st |
| 2022 | AF Corse | Nicklas Nielsen Alessio Rovera | Oreca 07-Gibson | LMP2 | 361 | 24th | 19th |
| 2023 | AF Corse | Ben Barnicoat Norman Nato | Oreca 07-Gibson | LMP2 | 183 | DNF | DNF |
| 2023 | AF Corse | Ben Barnicoat Norman Nato | Oreca 07-Gibson | LMP2 Pro-Am | 183 | DNF | DNF |
| 2024 | AF Corse | Ben Barnicoat Nicolás Varrone | Oreca 07-Gibson | LMP2 | 297 | 18th | 4th |
| 2024 | AF Corse | Ben Barnicoat Nicolás Varrone | Oreca 07-Gibson | LMP2 Pro-Am | 297 | 18th | 1st |

### Complete IMSA SportsCar Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Team | Class | Car | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Rank | Points |
| 2015 | AF Corse | GTLM | Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 | Ferrari F142 4.5 L V8 | DAY 10 | SEB | LBH | LGA | WGL | MOS | ELK | VIR | COA | PET | | | 27th | 22 |
| 2017 | EBIMOTORS | GTD | Lamborghini Huracán GT3 | Lamborghini 5.2L V10 | DAY 9 | SEB | LBH | COA | DET | WGL | MOS | LIM | ELK | VIR | LGA | PET | 65th | 22 |
| 2023 | AF Corse | LMP2 | Oreca 07 | Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 | DAY 3 | SEB | MON | WGL | ELK | IMS | PET 4 | | | | | | 24th | 306 |