Laurent Ribardière is a French

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and

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who founded the

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database software company

4D SAS 4D SAS is a French company owned by Laurent Ribardière. 4D has a US-based subsidiary 4D Inc. 4D was founded in 1984 when development began for Silver Surfer (early codename for 4D) and had its initial product release in 1987 with its own progr ...

and its US Subsidiary

4D Inc 4D Inc is a US-based subsidiary of 4D SAS and publisher of 4D. It was established in 1984 and initially led by Guy Kawasaki. 4D is the developer and publisher of 4D (or 4th Dimension). 4D was founded in 1984 when development began for Silver Su ...

. In 1984 he began development of 4th Dimension (or 4D) which was code-named Silver Surfer at the time. 4D had its initial product release in 1987 with its own

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. Laurent was also the original author of Wakanda and founded the ''Wakanda SAS'' company.

Career

Ribardière began his career in 1982 by marketing a file management system.

References

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