Charles Ruggieri, doctor of law, is the founder of Batipart Group, a family holding company founded in 1988. He joined the property sector of the steel industry in 1970 and was responsible for it until Immobilière Batibail was privatised in 1987. In 1999, he successfully completed the merger of Batibail with Gecina, France's leading property company.
At the same time, Charles developed the Batigère group, a social housing group, which he led from 1985 to 1995. In the early 2000s, he created Covivio (formerly Foncière des Régions) and made it one of Europe's leading RE property companies, chairing the Supervisory Board from 2001 to 2010. At the same time, in 2001, he set up another business division focused on dependent elderly people, gradually developing the Korian-Medica Group, Europe's leading provider of retirement homes (stake sold in 2014).
Charles Ruggieri has worked to diversify the Group's business lines, of which three currently exist, and to expand internationally over the last ten years.
He transferred Batipart Group to his three children in 2018, and has been responsible for its operational handover since 2021.
Charles Ruggieri is a member of the family's Management Board, which is responsible for defining the Group's strategy.
Born in France in 1980, Nicolas Ruggieri graduated from the Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Strasbourg and EM Lyon. He began his career in 2003 with General Electric in its real estate division based in Milan.
He joined Batipart Group in 2005 at Covivio in Paris, where he was in charge of asset management and then various finance functions from 2005 to 2010. From 2011, he developed the listed property company Eurosic, which grew from €1bn to almost €8bn in assets over the period.
Since the company was acquired by Gecina in 2017, he has been responsible for Batipart's property development in Europe and North America.
Nicolas Ruggieri is the Executive Managing Director of the family-owned group and head of Batipart's real estate division
Born in France in 1976, Claire Ruggieri graduated from the University of Nancy’s Law School (DESS in Litigation Law) and the Paris Bar School.
Claire joined the family group in 2006 as legal manager in charge of governance. Based in Luxembourg since 2017, she is a mediator and member of ALMA (Association Luxembourgeoise de la Médiation et des Médiateurs Agréés).
Claire Ruggieri is the Chair of the Management Board of the family group, responsible for Batipart's tourism division, and the Chair of the Juniclair Foundation.
Born in France in 1974, Julien Ruggieri graduated from the European Business School, with a DESS in Internal Audit from IAE Aix-en-Provence and an MBA from Cornell University (USA). He began his career with the Arcelor group in its steel trading division based in New York. In 2003, he joined Morgan Stanley's real estate fund finance teams in New York.
Since 2006, Julien Ruggieri has joined the Group as Head of venture capital and development investment activities, mainly outside of France (Asia, Africa). Since 2014, he has been Chairman of the pan-African hotel group ONOMO.
Julien Ruggieri is Executive Managing Director of the family holding company Juniclair Participations Familiales.