Turnover: 276 million EUR (2023)
Country: France
- French shipyard based in La Rochelle, building large catamarans and luxury yachts
- 600 employees at Fountaine Pjot and 1,000 throughout the group
- the company is listed on the stock exchange
- Owner of Dufour shipyards
News
Boating: Fountaine Pajot strengthens its woodworking expertise 23/05/2024
- - Fountaine Pajot recorded sales of 276 million euros in 2023
- - 84% of sales from exports.
- - The company employs 1,600 people.
- - Acquisition of an 8,000 m2 industrial site in La Chevrolière, Loire-Atlantique, for the design and manufacture of interior fittings for catamarans and monohulls.
- - Some sixty people are employed on this site.
- - Growth markets include catamarans (Aura 51 and Samana 59) and monohulls (D41 and D470).
Jean-François Fountaine, from sea to town hall 08/08/2023
- Fountaine Pajot, co-founded by Jean-François Fountaine in 1976, is a world leader in cruising catamarans.
- Fountaine Pajot has sales of 220 million euros.
- Fountaine Pajot employs 600 people.
- Jean-François Fountaine left the operational side of Fountaine Pajot in 2014 when he was first elected mayor of La Rochelle, but remains a majority shareholder via his family holding company.
Fountaine Pajot's nautical future looks bright 21/01/2023
- Growth of 10-15% in 2023
- Sales up 8.7% by 2022
- The Group intends to continue moving upmarket, and this summer will launch the New 80, its new flagship, with a selling price of around 7.5 million euros
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