# Jérôme Lecat

> Jérôme Lecat is a French entrepreneur, business angel and Scality co-founder and CEO based in Paris. He previously co-founded Internet-Way and Bizanga, helped build technology businesses between France and the United States, and co-created the Sugar Foundation. His public work connects enterprise data infrastructure, European technology independence and the practical demands of running a company.

- **Role:** Co-founder and CEO at Scality
- **Organizations:** Scality, Internet-Way, Bizanga, Data Center Technology, UUNET, Sugar Foundation
- **Nationality:** French
- **Education:** Engineering degree, École Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées, Research master’s degree in cognitive science, Université Paris VII, AMD executive education program, INSEAD
- **Known for:** Co-founded Internet-Way and led it through its acquisition by UUNET in 1997., Co-founded and led Bizanga, acquired by Cloudmark in 2010., Chaired Data Center Technology before its acquisition by Veritas in 2005.

## Career timeline

- **1989** — Discovers venture capital through an internship at Partech Ventures.
- **1994** — Co-founds enterprise internet service provider Internet-Way with Olivier Dauchot and Olivier Lemarié.
- **1997** — Sells Internet-Way to UUNET, where he subsequently serves as vice president of products for EMEA.
- **2001** — Becomes chairman of Belgium-based Data Center Technology.
- **2003** — Co-founds Bizanga, an email infrastructure company, with Olivier Lemarié, Marc Sheldon and Giorgio Regni.
- **2005** — Data Center Technology is acquired by Veritas.
- **2009** — Co-founds Scality; the storage business develops from work around Bizanga.
- **2010** — Bizanga is sold to Cloudmark in February. Lecat and Anna Lecat also establish the Sugar Foundation.
- **2014** — Testifies before a French National Assembly commission on July 23 about building a global company while retaining jobs in France.
- **2015** — Scality raises $46 million and receives an EY/L’Express startup award.
- **2021** — Scality launches ARTESCA.
- **2026** — Scality launches Autonomous Data Infrastructure on May 12.

## Achievements

- Co-founded Internet-Way and led it through its acquisition by UUNET in 1997.
- Co-founded and led Bizanga, acquired by Cloudmark in 2010.
- Chaired Data Center Technology before its acquisition by Veritas in 2005.
- Co-founded Scality, building a data storage software business serving international customers.
- Co-created the Sugar Foundation under the aegis of Fondation de France in 2010.

## Latest updates

- **2026-05** — Scality announced Autonomous Data Infrastructure on May 12; Lecat presented its approach to AI workloads and data control.
- **2026-04** — Appeared on B SMART’s SMART TECH on April 20 to discuss data storage, AI and sovereign infrastructure.
- **2026-03** — A March 16 vBlog interview covered his entrepreneurial history, Scality’s product direction and data independence.
- **2025-07** — Published a July 10 essay arguing that public procurement should support European technology businesses.

## Links

- Website: https://www.scality.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeromelecat/
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/jlecat

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