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Jérôme Kerviel

1977 - Today

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Jérôme Kerviel (French pronunciation: [ʒeʁom kɛʁvjɛl]; born 11 January 1977) is a French rogue trader who was convicted and imprisoned in the 2008 Société Générale trading loss for breach of trust, forgery and unauthorized use of the bank's computers, resulting in losses valued at €4.9 billion. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jérôme Kerviel has received more than 769,506 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Jérôme Kerviel is the 720th most popular businessperson (down from 615th in 2019), the 5,363rd most popular biography from France (down from 4,834th in 2019) and the 45th most popular French Businessperson.

Memorability Metrics

  • 770k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 40.42

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.86

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.83

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Jérôme Kerviels by language

Over the past year Jérôme Kerviel has had the most page views in the with 175,726 views, followed by English (63,321), and Spanish (12,068). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Latin (73.79%), Egyptian Arabic (64.66%), and Breton (36.81%)

Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, Jérôme Kerviel ranks 720 out of 847. Before him are Michael Widenius, Igor Ashurbeyli, Benoît Potier, Joi Ito, Zablon Simintov, and Tory Burch. After him are Cameron Mackintosh, Terje Hauge, Katherine Maher, Reggie Fils-Aimé, Cindy McCain, and George Newnes.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1977, Jérôme Kerviel ranks 317. Before him are Radu Jude, Sam Witwer, Iban Mayo, Hanno Pevkur, Robin Thicke, and Lee Young-pyo. After him are Arkady Babchenko, Zuleikha Robinson, Nelsan Ellis, Anni Friesinger-Postma, Bianca Beauchamp, and Eros Riccio.

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In France

Among people born in France, Jérôme Kerviel ranks 5,363 out of 6,770. Before him are France Nuyen (1939), Philippe Lacheau (1980), Cyril Despres (1974), Jordan Ayew (1991), André Testut (1926), and Maylis de Kerangal (1967). After him are David Diop (1966), Valérien Ismaël (1975), Philippe Riboud (1957), Nolwenn Leroy (1982), Luc Leblanc (1966), and Jordan Veretout (1993).

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In France

Among businesspeople born in France, Jérôme Kerviel ranks 45. Before him are Athina Onassis (1985), Philippe Kahn (1952), Michel Roux (1941), Éric Boullier (1973), Cyril Abiteboul (1977), and Benoît Potier (1957).

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