Irakli Lobzhanidze
Senior Executive | Media
Salaire / Taux journalier
Paris, France
Freelance
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Introduction
Top executive with 15 years of experience in M&A, General Management, transforming digital brands and scaling creator economy businesses. Led Konbini as CEO doubling revenue to profitability, scaled and structured HugoDécrypte (20M+ followers). Expert in general management, costs optimisation, structuring, revenue diversification, and growth optimization.
Expérience de travail
Lecturer / Maître de conférences
Sciences Po
sept. 2020 - Présent
6 ans 2 mois
Paris, France
Master program. School of Management and Impact. Course “Online media: from content to business”
HugoDécrypte
HugoDécrypte
sept. 2023 - mars 2025
1 an 7 mois
Paris, France
HugoDécrypte is the leading French content creator transformed into the most followed French news media among gen Z with more than 20 million followers across YouTube, Instagram, TikTok. As well as French #1 podcast with more than 2 millions listeners per month. My role and responsibilities: - Structuring and development of the media (implemented budgeting, forecasting, KPIs, HR policies, etc) - Growth and scaling of the business (Brand content revenue x2 growth, long term contracts with large advertisers and agencies, new commercial offering, etc) - Diversification of the revenue streams (successful launch of a new media and a job board service)
Konbini
sept. 2018 - déc. 2023
5 ans 4 mois
Board Member
janv. 2019 - déc. 2023
5 ans
CEO
mars 2020 - juil. 2023
3 ans 5 mois
Paris, France
Konbini is the leading French online media platform bringing Millennials together since 2008 with a community build around its 100% pop culture angle, before progressively expanding to include news and society topics. It counts more than 15 million followers across Instagram, TikTok, YouTube and Snap. Main achievements as a CEO: - succeeded overall restructuring of the business while protecting it’s editorial integrity and independence - doubled the turnover (and regained the leadership on our main market in France) - made business profitable by optimizing costs and processes while increasing the topline (and God knows we started from very, very, very far away), - consolidated the diversified and profitable business model, - carried out digitalization and “data”-zation within the company (including editorial), - launched strategic partnerships, as well as various editorial and digital projects
Head of Corporate Development
sept. 2018 - févr. 2020
1 an 6 mois
Région de Paris, France
Global Financial Advisory
Rothschild & Co
juil. 2014 - juil. 2018
4 ans 1 mois
Paris Area, France
Leading M&A deals for the largest French corporations Selected deal track-record: – Advisor to Showroomprive.com on its 17% stake disposal to Steinhoff Intl. (May 17) – Advisor to Equistone on the disposal of meilleurtaux.com to Goldaman Sachs (Dec 16) – Advisor to Limagrain on the capital increase and reinvestment by Bpi (Dec 16) – Advisor to Blackstone on the carve-out of Acetow division from Solvay for €1bn (Dec 16) – Advisor to L’Oreal on the acquisition of Atelier Cologne (Jun 2016) – Advisor to PAI Partners on the re-IPO of Kaufman & Broad (Apr 2016) – Advisor to Alstom on its proposed €3.2bn share repurchase tender offer (Nov 2015) – Advisor to Saint Gobain on the disposal of Verallia to Apollo GM for €3.0bn (Jun 2015) – Advisor to a major energy client on €12bn merger of its power generation activities with a major US player (aborted in Nov 2014) – Coverage of large french clients, incluiding L'Oreal, Imerys, Saint-Gobain
Global Investment Banking
Crédit Agricole CIB
oct. 2011 - juin 2014
2 ans 9 mois
Paris Area, France
Execution of M&A deals for largest Oil&Gas companies in France and worldwide Selected deal track-record: – Advisor to Rosneft on the acquisition of stake in PCK Schwedt refinery from Total (2014) – Advisor to Tamoil on the disposal of its Swiss downstream operations (2014) – Advisor to Pemex in relation to its stake in Repsol (2013)
M&A Cross-border advisory
Strategy Partners
janv. 2008 - juil. 2009
1 an 7 mois
Moscou, Russie
Active role in the setup of the M&A team Contribution to origination and development of the client base (cross-border focus) Market analysis, financial analysis, preparation of presentations Valuation and modeling
Formation
ESCP Business School
Master
2009 - 2012
4 ans
SU - HSE
Bachelor
2005 - 2009
5 ans