Philippe Pozzo di Borgo

Philippe Pozzo di Borgo means something to me beyond his business career as the director of Pommery and a French aristocrat born in Tunis. He is the real man behind the film The Intouchables, and what moves me is not his wealth but how he lived after a paragliding accident left him quadriplegic. The unlikely friendship with his caregiver became a story that touched millions, and his 2012 Legion of Honour feels almost secondary to that human legacy. He passed in 2023, but I admire how he refused to let adversity end in self-pity, choosing instead to illuminate life through connection.

Name (English)

Philippe Pozzo di Borgo

Name (Japanese)

フィリップ・ポゾ・ディ・ボルゴ

Reading

ふぃりっぷ・ぽぞ・でぃ・ぼるご

Born

February 14, 1951 – June 1, 2023

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Aquarius / Rabbit

Origin

Tunis, Tunis Governorate, Tunisia

Occupation

entrepreneur / writer

Awards & achievements

• 2012 Knight of the Legion of Honour

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippe%20Pozzo%20di%20Borgo
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3380569

Tags

• Tunis Governorate
• entrepreneur
• writer

Last updated

2026-06-19

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.