Jean Pigozzi
Birth Name:
Jean Pigozzi
Birth Place:
Paris, France
Profession
Actor, Producer
Fast Facts
- Quote: "I'm always described as a playboy․ I think it's because I don't run a bank or an insurance company and I'm not a doctor․ Many eye surgeons own boats and like spending money․․․But in my case it's a quick and an easy label․"
- Quote: "It helps to be rich enough to be willing to explode conventional ideas about fit, style and color palette․ It helps to be rich enough that failure doesn't matter․"
- Established the Liquid Jungle Lab, a research station used by scientists from a number of institutions, on his private island in Panama
- Has invested in several successful hedge funds and companies, including Square, GoPro, and, most notably, Facebook
- Is the host of the travel talk show "My Friends Call Me Johnny" on the Esquire Network, where it runs with the appropriate tagline, "You may not know him, but everyone famous does․"
- Founded LimoLand, a line of clothing for large men, because he couldn't find enough clothes that suited his 6'3" frame
- Best known as an investor, art collector, and philanthropist who owns the largest private collection of African art in the world
- Transformed a fishing trawler into brightly-colored luxury yacht called the "Amazon Express" in the early 1990s
- Was featured in Vanity Fair magazine in 2008 in a chart explaining how the most influential people in the world were connected to him