What is Loïc Féry’s Net Worth?
Loïc Féry is a French businessman, financier, hedge fund founder, and football executive with an estimated net worth of $400 million.
He is best known in the financial world as the founder of Chenavari Investment Managers, a London-based asset management firm focused on credit markets. In European sports, Féry is widely recognized as the longtime owner and president of FC Lorient, the French football club he purchased in 2009 when he was just 35 years old.
The bulk of Féry’s wealth has been built in finance. After early roles with Société Générale and Crédit Agricole in Hong Kong and London, he launched Chenavari in 2007, during the turmoil of the subprime crisis. The firm went on to become a significant credit-focused investment manager, working with institutional clients such as pension funds, sovereign wealth funds, real estate investors, and private clients. French business publication Challenges estimated Féry’s fortune at €320 million in 2023, a sharp rise from €120 million in 2011. Converted into U.S. dollars and allowing for later growth, that valuation supports an estimated net worth in the range of $400 million.
Early Life and Education
Loïc Féry was born on March 15, 1974, in Nancy, France. Raised in a middle-class household by parents who both worked as teachers, he distinguished himself academically from an early age. He earned a scientific baccalaureate with high honors before moving on to Lycée du Parc in Lyon, one of France’s most respected preparatory schools.
Féry later enrolled at HEC Paris, among Europe’s leading business schools. Even as a student, he showed a strong entrepreneurial streak, stepping away from his studies for a period to develop a telematics project in Eastern Europe. An internship in a trading room later gave him a closer look at the world of financial markets and helped shape the direction of his career.
Finance Career
After graduating from HEC Paris in 1997, Féry began his professional life in Hong Kong at the height of the Asian financial crisis. Working for Société Générale, he became active in credit markets across Southeast Asia and remained in Hong Kong until 2000. He then tried his hand at entrepreneurship with Asiabooster, a venture intended to help European technology startups enter Asian markets, but the project was derailed by the collapse of the dot-com bubble.
In 2001, Féry returned to Europe and settled in London, joining Crédit Agricole’s investment banking division. There, he was given the job of expanding the bank’s credit business in the city and quickly emerged as one of its standout performers. By the end of 2006, he was managing a sizable team, and in 2007 he was reportedly the highest-paid individual within the Crédit Agricole group.
His time at the bank came to a sudden end later that year, after a trader in a New York team under his supervision lost approximately €200 million. Féry was dismissed, but the setback ultimately became the turning point that led him to create his own investment firm.
Chenavari Investment Managers
At the end of 2007, in the middle of the global credit crisis, Féry founded Chenavari Investment Managers. The firm was named after Mont Chenavari, a peak visible from his family’s home in Ardèche.
Chenavari specialized in credit markets, investing client money in areas such as corporate financing, real estate assets, structured credit, and other debt-related strategies. The timing was risky, but also opportunistic. Credit markets were under extreme pressure, and Féry’s background gave him a chance to build a business around the dislocations created by the crisis.
The firm grew into a significant London-based investment manager with several billion dollars in assets under management. Chenavari’s success became the foundation of Féry’s personal fortune and placed him among the wealthiest self-made financiers in France.
FC Lorient
Féry’s other major public role has been in professional soccer. In 2009, he acquired FC Lorient, a club based in Brittany, France. At 35, he became the youngest president of a Ligue 1 club.
During his tenure, Lorient experienced both promotion and relegation, but Féry remained closely associated with the club for more than 15 years. He became known as a hands-on owner and executive, balancing his finance career in London with his responsibilities in French football. Lorient was also noted at times for careful financial management, including periods when it operated without the heavy debt seen at many other clubs.
In January 2026, FC Lorient was sold to Black Knight Football Club, the soccer investment group backed by American businessman Bill Foley. The group also had interests in clubs including AFC Bournemouth. Féry remained president of Lorient after the sale and became a shareholder in the parent company.
Personal Life
Loïc Féry was married to Olivia Féry, formerly Olivia Gravereaux, a former professional tennis player. Olivia competed in the women’s doubles main draw at the 1991 French Open and later represented Hong Kong in Fed Cup competition. The couple married in 2001 and divorced in 2022.
Their son, Arthur Fery, became a professional tennis player representing Great Britain. Arthur attended Stanford University and became one of the breakout stars of Wimbledon in 2026, reaching the semifinals as a wild card. Arthur’s rise brought renewed attention to the Féry family, which combines elite tennis, high finance, and European soccer in one unusually wide-ranging story.
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