Frédéric Jousset: From the Beaux-Arts tradition to the innovation of Art Explora

Frédéric Jousset: From the Beaux-Arts tradition to the innovation of Art Explora By Claudia Moscovici Frédéric Jousset has spanned the gamut in the arts in the course of his career. Raised in an artistic family—his mother, Marie-Laure Jousset was the Chief Curator at Beaubourg and his father, Hubert Jousset, was President of the École normale de musique de Paris —Jousset has played a key role in French culture. He began his career in the fields of marketing and finance, which he later relied upon to support and fund the arts. In 1994, he started working for L’Oréal (Kérastase) in several marketing roles, followed by managing private equity funds for the international investment firm Bain & Company . In 2000, he partnered with Olivier Duha to establish his own Internet search company, called Webhelp SA . The firm spread to over 40 countries across the world, generating nearly 1.5 billion Euros in revenues in 2019. While thriving as a businessman, Jousset did not fo