After a dramatic event that he experienced with his wife on December 14, 1999, he decided to return to live on the Côte d’Azur to get back to his roots.
At the end of 2000, his office informed him that a diplomat from a sovereign African country would like to meet him. He accepted and they met in Monaco at the Hotel de Paris.
The diplomat in question told him that his President had been very impressed by his career and, as such, proposed that he become his private adviser to structure the economic expansion he wanted to achieve in his country. In fact one of the friend of this President was none other than one of the financial partners of Philippe who had become wealthy thanks to financial investments recommended to him by Philippe.
From 2001 to 2015, Philippe obtained consulting proposals from several countries for state projects in tourism, telecommunications, energy and asset management.
He thus became the private advisor to several Presidents. This is how he positioned himself as the most influential and respected man in this field of activity.
He was referred to as “the man in the shadows”. All his consulting work was the subject of the utmost confidentiality.
For 15 years, he operated through systems he set up for the economy of several countries. Several information networks were created at this time.
It was also during this period that he decided to become involved in humanitarian causes.
He then had to face the cruel reality of which he had already become aware; that humanitarian causes are far from being the priority of our rulers.
This reality hit him hard and he decided on, December 11, 2006, to fund a unit to care for child victims or suspected victims of abuse at the Archet Hospital, University Hospital of Nice.
The head of the pediatric department had presented him with a file concerning care for child victims or suspected victims of abuse. He was looking for funds. Apparently, a request had been presented to the General Council of Alpes Maritimes and the Mayor of Nice, unfortunately without any favorable consequences for financing this project.
Shocked by this indifference, and determined to make these institutions aware of the gross mistake they were making by not taking the abuse of our children into account, he decided to finance a third of the total budget, provided that the General Council of Alpes Maritimes, as well as the City Hall of Nice, committed to contributing the same amount for the creation of such a unit. In wanting to finance a third of the total amount of the budget, Philippe wanted to put pressure on these public institutions by pushing them to finance this committee with him, but in vain !
For Philippe, working for the most disadvantaged children is a top priority and not negotiable because, as he says, “all children are, without exception, the responsibility of all of us, if only in some small way. You just have to look into a child’s eyes to understand that there is a wonderful world to be discovered through him. It is these children who hold wisdom and absolute love, unconditional love and it’s up to us adults to find humility and accept that all these children are there to guide us and bring us peace.”
Philippe insists that we must do everything to preserve the innocence of children because they are the ones who will forge the future of our society, with our support.
In order to set up this unit with the competent authorities involved in such matters, namely the police and the judicial system, Philippe proposed to organize a meeting with Mr. Christian Estrosi, President of the General Council of Alpes Maritimes, at the time also Minister Delegate for Territorial Development, with Attorney Jacques Peyrat, Senator and Mayor of the city of Nice, with Mr. Pierre Marie Bourniquel, Departmental Director of Public Safety Alpes-Maritimes, with Eric de Montgolfier, Public Prosecutor, and Mr. Jean-Jacques Romaret, General Director of the Archet Hospital, University Hospital of Nice, to establish the terms and conditions of such an association.
None of these people had the decency to respond to his invitation.
Attorney Senator and Mayor Peyrat sent him a letter stating that his proposal had been forwarded to the responsible service. Mr. Romaret, under pressure from Mr. Xavier Bertrand, Minister of Health and Solidarity, wrote him a letter indicating that he was prepared to continue the project, but unfortunately, without the support of the authorities, nothing could be done.
Shocked by the indifference of the authorities in place, Philippe decided to inform Mr. Nicolas Sarkozy, Minister of State, Minister of the Interior and Regional Planning, Mr. Pascal Clement, Attorney General, Minister of Justice, Mr. Xavier Bertrand and Mrs. Bernadette Chirac.
After this refusal of cooperation, Philippe financed a humanitarian project which he alone conceived and organized. This concept was the only one in the world to allow use of a debit card or credit card for any payment, while contributing, without additional cost and in complete transparency, to the humanitarian causes chosen by the card holder.
Very involved in many foundations and charities, he has chosen to remain discrete about his identity and the amounts he contributes.
From January 2014 to the end of November 2018, he was preparing for his introduction through the French media planned for October 2019, but following the events of November 17, 2019 , he decided to postpone his media launch for a month to line up with this first anniversary date of November 17, 2019. Following the Yellow Vests movement of late 2018, he decided to join their cause which had begun a year before his media launch.
Until December 6, 2018, his name and image remained totally unknown to the media, or only slightly known. Among others, an article dating from September 15, 1992 mentioning the Empire, and an article from November 18, 2008. He then agreed to be photographed for the launch of a humanitarian foundation that belongs to one of his friends, Apl.de.Ap of the Black Eyed Peas musical group. The press had referred to Philippe as “business mogul”.
Philippe wrote an autobiography titled “Le Créancier” (The Creditor). He has not published it yet. In his autobiography, you discover how the “mechanism of government activities” works.
Among other things, you also learn that he met His Holiness the Dalai Lama. With the support of his prime minister Samdhong Rinpoche, he set out the various political and diplomatic steps to facilitate his return to Tibet, but the counter-attack of the US government made his Holiness fold.
