Entry into the Hachette Book group In 2004, she had been appointed ten years later at this post at the age of 35.
Le Monde
The Hachette Book Group announced, in a statement, the departure of Sophie de Closets from the President and Executive Director of Editions Fayard, Thursday, March 24th. Entry into the group in 2004, she had been appointed ten years later in this position in January 2014 at the age of 35. Today “eager to approach a new phase of his career”, she had noted in particular for having dropped the French edition of the very coveted Memories of Barack and Michele Obama, in 2017.
“I spent eighteen wonderful years in the Hachette group where I learned the job of publisher and where I was able to exercise in exceptional conditions,” she knows in this statement .
In a survey published on Wednesday, Le Monde reported how Nicolas Sarkozy, a friend of Arnaud Lagardère, owner of the group, “said” take care of “the fate of the publisher after the publication of books displeased him.