[1] He became Chairman & Chief Executive Officer of Pernod Ricard, the world's second-biggest distiller by sales,[2] on February 11, 2015.

[1] At 43, he was the youngest Chief Executive Officer of the 40 top companies on the CAC 40, the Paris Stock Market.

[11] In September 2006, he became the managing director of Pernod Ricard Asia Duty Free, thus moving to Hong Kong.

[10] Two years later, he was asked to head up the Jameson Whiskey brand as CEO of Irish Distillers, an experience he always mentions enthusiastically.

[12] The succession announcement had been planned prior to Patrick Ricard's death, for the November 2012 shareholder meeting, but was moved up two months due to the circumstances.