Robin Leproux

<h2 id="career">Career</h2>
<p>Prior to his work in football, Leproux worked for the music recording label <a href="/facts/PolyGram/Sue5Vv2s">PolyGram</a> before moving on to the French television service <a href="/facts/M6_(TV_channel)/2lpNUJfb">M6</a>, where he was later named vice-chairman. While at M6, Leproux was the director of football club <a href="/facts/FC_Girondins_de_Bordeaux/jLyTFAoo">Bordeaux</a>. In 2001, Leproux was installed as president of <a href="/facts/RTL_(French_radio)/kUKcIUNV">RTL</a>, the popular nationwide commercial radio network owned by the <a href="/facts/RTL_Group/GrSMkIPY">RTL Group</a>. In 2006, he was recruited to head the French site of <a href="/facts/Axel_Springer_AG/vKBtswut">Axel Springer AG</a> and was tasked with creating an English version of the German magazine <i><a href="/facts/Bild/Quva2xcv">Bild</a></i>. In September 2009, Leproux was named president of <a href="/facts/Association_football/yttjeD0D">football</a> club <a href="/facts/Paris_Saint-Germain_F.C./pyF66zLV">Paris Saint-Germain</a>. In his first year of presidency, the club <a href="/facts/2010_Coupe_de_France_Final/eqoTl0A0">won the Coupe de France</a>. It was during Leproux's presidency that the "Plan Leproux" was instituted, banning 13,000 <a href="/facts/Paris_Saint-Germain_F.C._supporters/72oRgFno">Paris Saint-Germain supporters</a> in an effort to pacify the <a href="/facts/Parc_des_Princes/6KP52a1E">Parc des Princes</a>.
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<li id="fn:1"><p>"PSG name new president". LFP. Ligue de Football Professionel. 10 September 2009. Archived from the original on 27 January 2013. Retrieved 11 September 2009. <a href="https://archive.today/20130127220148/http://www.ligue1.com/ligue1/lireArticle.asp?idArticle=14002" target="_blank">https://archive.today/20130127220148/http://www.ligue1.com/ligue1/lireArticle.asp?idArticle=14002</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
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Robin Leproux