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Charles Beigbeder is a French businessman.[1]
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| Born | 20 April 1964 Neuilly-sur-Seine, France |
| Education | École Centrale Paris |
| Occupation | Businessman |
| Relatives | Frédéric Beigbeder (brother) |
His brother is Frédéric Beigbeder.[2] He graduated from the École Centrale Paris in 1988.[1][3]
In 1989, he started his career at Matra Marconi Space.[3] From 1990 to 1991, he worked as a merchant banker for Banque Paribas.[1][3] From 1991 to 1994, he worked for Credit Suisse First Boston in Paris.[1] From 1994 to 1996, he worked as a trader for MC-BBL Securities in London.[1][3] He then was an investor for Angel-Invest.[1]
In 2001, he founded Self Trade, a financial services company similar to E-Trade.[1][3][4] In 2002, he founded Poweo, a utility company, and sold it to Verbund in 2009.[1][2][3][4][5][6] In 2006, he founded Audacia, a financial firm.[1] In 2009, he founded AgroGeneration, and bought farming land in Ukraine to invest in biofuel.[4]
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.[1][3] He serves on the Advisory Board of 360° Capital Partners, and on the Executive Committee of the Medef since July 2005.[1][2] He was appointed by Chantal Jouanno, the French Minister of Sports, to serve as the Annecy Chairman for the Bids for the 2018 Winter Olympics.[7][8][9][10] He is a Union pour un Mouvement Populaire appointee for Reforms.[2][11]
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