He is the author of the book, Private Equity Laid Bare, now in its third edition, and host a podcast with the same name.

[2][3] Phalippou grew up on the French countryside on a small farm run by his mother.

He moved to the USA on a scholarship granted by the University of Southern California as he was enrolled as a PhD student in Economics.

He moved back to France in 2000, starting a PhD in Finance at INSEAD Business School, which he completed in 2004.

In the following year, Phalippou was appointed as the Academic Area Head of the Finance, Accounting & Economics group of the Business School.