Guillaume Genton wears several hats: producer, radio host, columnist on the show Touche Pas à Mon Poste. Business Cool invites you to discover the atypical career and fortune of one of Cyril Hanouna’s favorite columnists!
Guillaume Genton has become, over time, a major figure in the French audiovisual landscape. Recognized columnist and presenter, successful entrepreneur, he also produces numerous programs for French television. If he knew how to rise socially, Guillaume Genton owes it to only one thing: work!
Who is Guillaume Genton aka Guillaume from TPMP?
Guillaume was born on July 1, 1991 in the German capital, Berlin. His father is a university professor and cultural attaché. Guillaume Genton is a discreet man, so we know very little about the members of his family. However, one of his cousins is well known in the French audiovisual landscape, since he is Antoine Genton, a journalist who has worked for iTélé (CNEWS), RFI, Europe 1 and France 5.
A rap fan, Guillaume Genton made his first appearance on the radio in 2003, at the age of only 12, on Radio Laser, a rap show hosted by Sylvain Delfau. A debut praised by listeners as young Guillaume masters his subjects. A few years later, Guillaume Genton decided to embark on a career as a journalist in China. He then obtained a degree in Chinese language from INALCO (National Institute of Oriental Languages and Civilizations). He then moved to Taiwan to carry out an investigation into the Chinese media and subsequently hope to get a job there.
Unfortunately, this project will never come to fruition. Far from being discouraged, he then decided to register for the Morandini Academy competition and reached the final. Although he did not win this competition, he nevertheless managed to land a live column on the Morandini show on Direct 8 (C8). A promising start for the young journalist.
What is Guillaume Genton’s job?
Guillaume Genton has several strings to his bow. Currently, the 31-year-old man is one of the star columnists of the show Touche Pas à Mon Poste (TPMP) on C8, a show presented by Cyril Hanouna. In addition, since the start of the 2022 school year, he has taken over from Manu Payet at the helm of Virgin Radio’s morning show, in Morning without filter, from 6 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. Monday to Friday. Guillaume Genton has also created several companies since 2015.
The companies of Guillaume Genton
Guillaume Genton is also an entrepreneur. In 2015, he founded the company GENTON Productions which produces documentaries and talk shows for television channels such as NRJ12, C8, Canal+, etc. A few years later, he founded three other companies:
- GENTON Corporate in the field of audiovisual communication for businesses;
- KENNEDY in graphic design and dressing;
- The Range in the music publishing sector.
Guillaume Genton sues a former TPMP columnist
The columnist for Touche pas à mon poste recently announced, via his company Groupe Genton, that he is suing the companies owned by Nicolas Pernikoff, former columnist for the same talk show. The dispute concerns non-payment of invoices totaling 165,520.71 euros. Groupe Genton accuses these companies in particular of not paying their invoices for more than a year and a half, endangering the financial balance of several companies.
Guillaume Genton and Nicolas Pernikoff have nevertheless rubbed shoulders many times on Cyril Hanouna’s show. Nicolas Pernikoff’s lawyer denies the accusations, affirming that the company La Nouvelle requested a safeguard procedure due to the difficulties in the communication and advertising sector. The company reserves the right to take legal action against Guillaume Genton for denigration.
The fortune of Guillaume Genton
It is difficult to know the exact fortune of Guillaume Genton. However, the TPMP columnist does not hesitate to show some external signs of wealth. During a program presented by Cyril Hanouna, the columnist opened the doors of his home, revealing a luxurious Parisian apartment with a view of the Eiffel Tower.
In addition, Guillaume Genton does not hesitate to declare that he can spend several thousand euros per month (up to €20,000). According to the site Salaries, Guillaume Genton would receive a net monthly salary of around €6,000 per month and would have a fortune estimated at 1 million euros.
The salary of TPMP columnists
The salary of TPMP columnists depends on many factors: time on screen, but also their popularity. Generally, the columnists most often present on Cyril Hanouna’s show are those who are the most popular and who therefore receive the best remuneration.
If the salary of Guillaume from TPMP is 6,000 euros per month, therefore approximately 72,000 euros per year, for his presence in the C8 show, the salary of the other columnists can go up to 100,000 euros per year, or even 150,000 euros for the most popular. Note that they all have a fixed-term contract, like most personalities working in the world of television.
Guillaume Genton’s salary
If it is very difficult to know precisely Guillaume Genton’s salary, estimates from various media specify that, solely for his intervention in TPMP, Guillaume Genton would receive a salary of 5,000 to 6,000 euros per month.
