French billionaire Pierre-Edouard Sterin appeared before France's Senate last Thursday and made an argument that most…

Pierre-Édouard Stérin, 52, is a tech businessman who made his riches with the Smartbox gift-voucher empire and has an estimated net worth of €1.4bn (£1.2bn).

French succession rules include forced heirship, whereby children are protected and assets cannot be passed down according to a person’s will.

Pierre-Edouard Sterin (fondatore di Smartbox) chiede al Senato di Parigi di abolire le norme napoleoniche per donare tutto in beneficenza. Da Bill Gates a Sting: dove è possibile…

French billionaire Pierre-Edouard Sterin is pleading with lawmakers to modify rules so he can give his fortune to charity. | World News

El polémico Pierre-Édouard Stérin, fundador de Smartbox, quiere destinar íntegramente su patrimonio, estimado en 1.400 millones de euros, a la filantropía

Pierre-Edouard Sterin, fondatore di Smartbox, chiede al Senato francese di poter donare 1,4 miliardi in beneficenza.

French billionaire Pierre-Edouard Sterin appeared before France's Senate last Thursday and made an argument that most…

Legislação francesa obriga que três quartos de seus bens sejam transferidos aos descendentes. Mas Pierre-Édouard Sterin quer destinar fortuna a obras beneficentes.