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Charles Beigbeder
Charles Beigbeder Overview
Investor Type
Angel
Investments
6
Portfolio
3
Exits
2
Charles Beigbeder General Information
Description
Mr. Charles Beigbeder is a Co-Founding Partner of Quantonation. Mr. Beigbeder is the Founder, President, and Decision Maker at Gravitation. He serves as a Supervisory Board Member at Axegaz. He is a Founder and served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer at Audacia. He also serves as a Board Member at Terre Solaire. He also served as an Advisor at Jolt Capital. He began his career as an investment banker before founding in 1997 SELF TRADE, the online brokerage pioneer in France, which he directed until 2001. In 2002, he created POWEO, an independent distributor of electricity and gas, which he directed until 2009 when it sold its stake in the Austrian operator Verbund AG. He is Chairman of Gravitation SAS, the family-holding company that invests in the areas of energy (AgroGeneration) and finance (AUDACIA). He is involved in several movements related to the business and life of the city: Member of the Executive Board and Chairman of the Commission of Innovation, Research and New Technologies of the MEDEF, he is Vice-Chairman of the Supervisory Board of the Foundation for Innovation Policy (Fondapol) and is also National Secretary in charge of education reform in the UMP. He was made Chevalier of the Legion of Honor in 2008. he has done his Diploma from École Centrale Paris.