french-entrepreneurs
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Denis Ladegaillerie and the €30 Bet on Music’s Outsiders
A business lawyer saw a future in the artists the record industry passed over. Twenty-one years after co-founding Believe, Denis Ladegaillerie is still working out how to turn access into a career.
Alix de Sagazan Learned to Sell a Change of Mind
She helped turn a Paris consultancy into AB Tasty, moved to New York to build its American business, and returned to France as Wingify's revenue chief. The through line is a willingness to let experience change the plan.
Laurène Altmayer and the business of taking your time
An art exhibition helped set Laurène Altmayer on a path from intellectual property law to children’s projectors. Building Tikino would teach her how much can stand between a good idea and a box arriving at someone’s door.
Éric Larchevêque and the value of an open door
Before Ledger made a business of keeping things locked, its co-founder opened a place for strangers to meet. From Paris to Vierzon, Éric Larchevêque has kept returning to the same question: who should be in the room?
Yves Guillemot and the business of starting over
Five brothers turned a Breton family business into Ubisoft. Forty years later, Yves Guillemot is testing whether the instincts that built a games publisher can help him remake it.
Jean-Jacques Poutrel and the business of making money move
Before Ingenico reached shop counters around the world, Jean-Jacques Poutrel was a self-taught entrepreneur making useful things. His career followed the machinery of everyday life, from keeping food cold to getting a card payment through.