After serving as a project manager for the chief director of the Inspection générale des finances, he became in 2003 a technical advisor to François Fillon, then Minister of Social Affairs, Labour and Solidarity.

[5] Bompard joined the French broadcaster Canal+ in 2004 as the chief of staff for the group's president Bertrand Meheut.

[6] In June 2008, Bompard replaced Jean-Pierre Elkabbach as chairman and CEO of the radio station Europe 1.

Bompard led Fnac's demerger and its successful listing on the Paris stock exchange.

[10][11] Still under his leadership, Fnac acquired Darty in 2016, creating one of France's largest brick-and-mortar retailers.