Book Award 2022

Four nominees, all entrepreneurs who have written books, were selected by an independent and eclectic jury whose composition is as follows:

• Sonia ARROUAS
  President of the Evry Commercial Court, President of the Conference of Consular Judges of France, woman committed to safeguarding businesses and the economy;
• Christian de BOISSIEU
  Member of the Circle of Economists, former advisor to the Prime Minister, professor;
• Jean-Marc DANIEL
  Professor at ESCP, journalist at BFM Business, Les Echos, LCI;
• Louis DESANGES
  President of Automobile Club de France;
• Marie LEBEC
  MP – LREM MP and VP of the parliamentary group and now a Minister;
• Audrée MEVELLEC
  Vice President Global Marketing Agent ®, Development Manager EXP France;
• Christian POYAU
  President of Micropole and co-president of Medef’s Digital Transformation Commission.

The jury selected:

• Sébastien DE LAFOND & Gilles LOCKHART
  “It’s clear that you don’t know anything about it! » One sees you don’t understand a thing / Editions Eyrolles;
• Jean-Marc RUDELLE
  “I was told this wastn’ possible /Editions Livre de Poche;
• Marc SIMONCINI
  “A Chosen Life” I choose my life / Editions Grasset;
• Patrice X. THIRY
  “Itinerary of a successful entrepreneur: The formidable story of an enormous collective success” / A journey of a successful entrepreneur Storylab Editions.

The winner was Jean-Baptiste RUDELLE. The reception of the Prize took place at the residence of the Ambassador of Iceland in Paris, Mrs. Unnur Orradottir RAMETTE.
The prize was a trip to Iceland. An intensive day of meetings with the press, speeches at the University of Reykjavik, meetings with investment funds (Helga Valfells, Crowberry Capital Island), several start-ups, an Icelandic publisher Úa Matthíasdóttir from Forlagið Edition, a reception at the residence of the French ambassador Mr. Graham Paul. Day two was glacier climbing and a final swim in the brand new Sky Lagoon.