Claude Perdriel (born 25 October 1926) is owner-manager of the Perdriel Group that publishes Sciences et Avenir, Challenges, Rue89 and during 1970–1980, the Paris daily Le Matin de Paris.
[5] In December 2017, the French carmaker Renault bought 40% of the Challenges group for 12 million euros in a move to push partly-owned news content to its system of connected cars.
[6] In December, Claude Perdriel bought back Renault's shares in Challenges for 6 millions euros.
[7] In July 2020, Claude Perdriel appeared in a trade court of justice to plead for the annulment of a contractual term signed during his 2015 financial turmoil which established he was legally obligated to retain all the assets of Sophia Publications for at least 10 years.
[8] In October 2020, Claude Perdriel sold Le Nouveau Magazine Littéraire to Jean-Jacques Augier and Stéphane Chabenat.