Jean Chalopin

Jean Chalopin (born 31 May 1950) is a French screenwriter, producer and bank executive.[1][2] During the 1980s and early 1990s, he made several successful children's programs as founder of the production company DIC. He now heads Bahamas-based Deltec Bank.

Jean Chalopin
Born (1950-05-31) 31 May 1950
Tours, France
OccupationBank executive
Television/film producer
Screenwriter
Years active1971–present
Children2

Career

In 1971, Chalopin formed with the backing of Radio Television Luxembourg the company Diffusion, Information Communications (DIC) which later evolved into DIC Entertainment. At DIC, he wrote and produced programmes animated by overseas studios.[3][4]

In 1987, Chalopin founded the company Créativité et Développement (eng: Creative and Development or C&D) after selling his shares in DIC and continued to produce cartoons in the late 1980s and 1990s. C&D had offices in Paris and Tokyo while setting up Jetlag Productions as its American affiliated company.[5] C&D had purchased the DIC library foreign distribution rights from Saban Entertainment soon after Saban had acquired them from DIC in 1987.[3] In 1996, Chalopin sold the C&D library to Fox Kids Worldwide, while the company itself was absorbed into Saban International Paris.[5]

After moving to the Bahamas in 1987, Chalopin began investing in Deltec Bank and Trust, eventually becoming its largest shareholder and chairman. According to Chalopin, as chairman he sought out smaller technology-related businesses, including Tether and its controlling company Bitfinex in 2018. At that time, Deltec was the only bank willing to work with the cryptocurrency.[6]

Screenwriting credits

• asterisk = head writer

Television

Film

Producer

Television

Film

See also

References
  1. Adelson, Andrea (30 December 1987). "BUSINESS PEOPLE; For Maker of Cartoons, A Chance to Go Public". The New York Times. Retrieved 14 August 2010.
  2. Katz, Lily; Leising, Matthew (2 November 2018). "Bank Tied to Tether Goes Quiet on Relationship With Crypto Firm". Bloomberg. Retrieved 16 June 2021.
  3. Perlmutter, David (2014). America Toons In: A History of Television Animation. pp. 207–212. ISBN 9780786476503. Retrieved 27 January 2016.
  4. Bates, James (29 December 1987). "DIC, Computer Memories Plan Merger : Cartoon Maker Seeks Easy Way to Go Public". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 19 May 2016.
  5. "Deltec International Group". Isola Capital. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 27 January 2016.
  6. Faux, Zeke (7 October 2021). "Anyone Seen Tether's Billions?". Bloomberg.com. Archived from the original on 7 October 2021. Retrieved 11 October 2021.
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