Prior to his work in football, Leproux worked for the music recording label
PolyGram before moving on to the French television service
M6, where he was later named vice-chairman. While at M6, Leproux was the director of football club
Bordeaux. In 2001, Leproux was installed as president of
RTL, the popular nationwide commercial radio network owned by the
RTL Group. In 2006, he was recruited to head the French site of
Axel Springer AG and was tasked with creating an English version of the German magazine
Bild. In September 2009, Leproux was named president of
football club
Paris Saint-Germain. In his first year of presidency, the club
won the Coupe de France. It was during Leproux's presidency that the "Plan Leproux" was instituted, banning 13,000
Paris Saint-Germain supporters in an effort to pacify the
Parc des Princes. ==References==