Charles Beigbeder is a French businessman.BusinessWeek profile
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Biography

His brother is

Frédéric Beigbeder Frédéric Beigbeder (; born 21 September 1965) is a French writer, literary critic and television presenter. He won the Prix Interallié in 2003 for his novel ''Windows on the World'' and the Prix Renaudot in 2009 for his book ''Un roman françai ...

.Sylvain Lapoix, 'L'UMP recycle tout: Charles Beigbeder numéro 2 de l'UMP à Paris', in '' Marianne'', 30 October 2009 He graduated from the École Centrale Paris in 1988. In 1989, he started his career at

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. From 1990 to 1991, he worked as a merchant banker for

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. From 1991 to 1994, he worked for Credit Suisse First Boston in Paris. From 1994 to 1996, he worked as a trader for MC-BBL Securities in

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. He then was an investor for Angel-Invest. In 2001, he founded Self Trade, a

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company similar to E-Trade.Charles Gautier, 'Agriculteur, la nouvelle vie de Charles Beigbeder', in ''

Le Figaro ''Le Figaro'' () is a French daily morning newspaper founded in 1826. It is headquartered on Boulevard Haussmann in the 9th arrondissement of Paris. The oldest national newspaper in France, ''Le Figaro'' is one of three French newspapers of reco ...

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/ref> In 2002, he founded Poweo, a utility company, and sold it to Verbund in 2009.Armelle Bohineust 'Charles Beigbeder passe le relais chez Poweo', in ''Le Figaro'', 03/06/200

/ref>'Poweo: Charles Beigbeder vend sa participation à Verbund', in ''

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/ref> In 2006, he founded Audacia, a financial firm. In 2009, he founded AgroGeneration, and bought farming land in

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to invest in

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. In 2017, he became Chairman and CEO of Audacia which he pivoted to a multistage Private Equity firm. With Christophe Jurczak and Olivier Tonneau, he co-founded Quantonation in 2018, a venture capital fund dedicated to quantum technologies, which has notably invested in quantum computing firm Pasqal. He is also founder of Bourrienne, a fashion company and Le Philtre, a spirit company. He has been President of Croissance Plus, and Co-Chairman of DAB Bank. He serves on the Advisory Board of 360° Capital Partners, and on the Executive Committee of the Medef since July 2005. He was appointed by Chantal Jouanno, the French Minister of Sports, to serve as the

Annecy Annecy ( , ; frp, Èneci or ) is the prefecture and largest city of the Haute-Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of Southeastern France. It lies on the northern tip of Lake Annecy, south of Geneva, Switzerland. Nicknamed ...

Chairman for the Bids for the 2018 Winter Olympics. He is a Union pour un Mouvement Populaire appointee for Reforms.'Charles Beigbeder : « Une vraie crise de confiance »', in ''

Corse Matin ''Corse-Matin'' is a French-language daily local newspaper published in Ajaccio, Corsica, France. History and profile ''Corse-Matin'' was part of Lagardère Group through its subsidiary Groupe Hachette until August 2007 when it was sold to Hers ...

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References

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