Loïc Féry

Féry was born in Nancy. He grew up in Pont-à-Mousson, also in Lorraine, where his parents were teachers; his father in physical education, his mother in mathematics. He achieved a Bac C (now Baccalauréat scientifique) with the mention très bien grade. He attended the Lycée du Parc school in Lyon and the HEC Paris.

Aged 19, Féry took a year out of his studies after his first year to lead a telematics project in Eastern Europe, having won a competition. He then had a six-month internship in a trading room.

Financial markets

Féry worked as a financial trader in Hong Kong, moving there in September 1997 during the Asian financial crisis. He was put in charge of credit markets in South East Asia for Société Générale, remaining there until 2000. He developed a company called Asiabooster to help European start-ups in the continent, but it fell to the Dot-com bubble.

Having returned to Europe in 2001, Féry settled in London. His former boss at Société Générale set him the task of setting up Crédit Agricole's business in the British capital, leading 150 people in 2006. In March 2007, he was the highest paid person in the company. Four months later, with the company now known as Calyon after its merger with Crédit Lyonnais, one of Féry's subordinates lost €200 million on the New York stock exchange. Féry was fired in September

Before the end of 2007, Féry set up the hedge fund Chenavari, named after a peak visible from his childhood home. As of 2020, Chenavari had $5 billion in assets.

Féry married to Olivia Féry (née Gravereaux), a former professional tennis player, in 2001. They divorced in 2022. They have three children, including Arthur, who became a professional in tennis under his British nationality.

According to French business magazine Challenges, Féry was France's 398th richest person in 2023, with a net worth of €320 million. This was an increase from his €120 million fortune in 2011.