F rançois Feuillet is a self-made French billionaire who is the chairman and majority owner of Trigano, a major European manufacturer of recreational vehicles (RVs), motorhomes, and caravans. His career is a classic story of a successful management buyout and entrepreneurial transformation. He joined Trigano when it was a struggling camping equipment company and led a buyout in the 1980s.

After taking control, Feuillet strategically pivoted the company to focus on the growing and more profitable market for motorhomes. He grew the company aggressively through a series of acquisitions, consolidating the fragmented European RV market and building Trigano into an industry leader. He took the company public on the Paris stock exchange but has retained a controlling stake for his family. His vision and deal-making skill have turned a near-bankrupt tent maker into a multi-billion dollar leisure vehicle powerhouse.