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The International Olympic Committee was established on the 23rd of June 1894 by Pierre de Coubertin in Paris. Demetrios Vikelas served as its first president that same year.
Thomas Bach holds the presidency alongside Kirsty Coventry who became the first woman and African to lead the organization in March 2025. Christophe De Kepper serves as Director General overseeing administrative operations.
The Olympic Movement generated over US$4 billion during the quadrennium from 2001 to 2004. Broadcasting rights accounted for approximately 73% of total revenue while Olympic Partners contributed 18%.
A scandal broke on the 10th of December 1998 when Swiss IOC member Marc Hodler announced several members had received gifts from Salt Lake City bid committees. Ten IOC members were expelled while another ten faced sanctions following investigations into bribery and fraud.
On the 5th of December 2017 the IOC suspended the Russian Olympic Committee effective immediately for the 2018 Winter Olympics due to state-sponsored doping. Richard McLaren led an independent investigation concluding that the Ministry of Sport operated a disappearing positive test methodology from late 2011 through August 2015.