June 5, 2026 — 9:04am Save Sterin’s wife Amandine The 52-year-old tax exile, who lives in Belgium, has stoked intense debate in France in recent years over his backing of philanthropic and political outfits, some of which are linked to causes put forward by the far-right. Sterin said that he hopes his actions will help put France on a more right-wing, economically liberal and conservative path. Sterin has been labelled the “French Elon Musk” and famously ranks people in his life on a scale of one to ten on a dedicated Excel spreadsheet. Moneyweek reported that he ranked his now-wife Amandine on a strict set of marriageability criteria before proposing. He told senators he’s “at the centre of the right,” but on immigration he was more extreme than the far-right National Rally, whose leaders Marine Le Pen and Jordan Bardella are leading in the polls ahead of next year’s presidential election. Sterin, however, has ties to the RN party via François Durvye, the former chief executive officer of his family office Otium Capital. “I am in favour of the re-migration of foreigners who are delinquent, undocumented or without jobs for more than 12 months,” Sterin said. Advertisement He declined to speak on his stance against abortion, which has put him at odds with Le Pen, who has backed the enshrining in the French constitution of a woman’s freedom to seek one. Related Article