Julie Snyder

Who is Julie Snyder?

Julie Snyder is a Francophone Canadian talk show host and producer, appearing as host or guest on various television programs in Canada and France.

She graduated from Collège Jean-de-Brébeuf in 1986.

Snyder is also the CEO of Productions J, a company that she founded in 1997, which produces television shows such as Occupation Double.

Programs that Snyder participated in include Star Académie, L'enfer c'est nous autres, Sortir, and Le poing J. Snyder made her first television appearance in 1983.

Snyder currently hosts the French-Canadian adaptation of Deal or No Deal in Canada, Le Banquier, which began 24 January 2007 on the TVA network which became the top-rated television program in Quebec.

From 2001 to 2014, Snyder was the common-law wife of Pierre Karl Péladeau, the president and CEO of Quebecor Media, the parent company of TVA. She has two children with Péladeau, Thomas and Romy. They split in January 2014.

In the waning days of the 2012 Quebec election, Snyder hosted a Parti Quebecois rally where she heaped praise on the party leader, Pauline Marois. Snyder has also backed the controversial Quebec Charter of Values that was tabled by the PQ government.