Loïc Féry

Loïc Féry (born 15 March 1974) is a French businessman. He founded the investment firm Chenavari in 2007 and became the owner of football club FC Lorient in 2009.

Early life and education
Féry was born in Nancy. He grew up in Pont-à-Mousson, also in Lorraine, where his parents were teachers; his father in physical education, his mother in mathematics. He achieved a Bac C (now Baccalauréat scientifique) with the mention très bien grade. He attended the Lycée du Parc school in Lyon and the HEC Paris.

Career
Féry worked as a financial trader in Hong Kong and London before setting up Chenavari. As of 2020, Chenavari had $5 billion in assets. He considered buying OGC Nice, Nîmes Olympique, Grenoble Foot 38 or Sheffield Wednesday before buying FC Lorient in 2009. The Nice offer in 2001 was with a Korean business partner, and was rejected for lack of transparency, while the president of Nîmes changed his mind as his club was promoted to Ligue 2, and Wednesday was considered too expensive and risky for Féry. As of 2012, Lorient was the only Ligue 1 club not in debt.

In late 2012, Féry was elected president of the administration council of the Ligue de Football Professionnel. In July 2018, he and Francis Graille of AJ Auxerre were elected presidents of the same body for Ligue 2 clubs.

Féry's club were relegated back to Ligue 2 in 2017. After achieving promotion back to Ligue 1 in 2020, he invested heavily, saying that only Paris Saint-Germain F.C. and OGC Nice were spending as much. In July 2023, he received attention for signing 2018 FIFA World Cup winner Benjamin Mendy days after the player was acquitted of sexual offences in England. Lorient were relegated again from the 2023–24 Ligue 1, despite having the eighth-biggest budget. Féry admitted responsibility for Lorient's relegation and the mistake of abolishing the role of sporting director, which had left coach Régis Le Bris with the added role of player recruitment.

Personal life
Féry's wife Olivia Féry, born Olivia Gravereaux, was a professional tennis player who also represented Hong Kong during their stay there. Their son Arthur Fery became a professional in the same sport, under his British nationality.