{{short description|French businessman|bot=PearBOT 5}} {{ infobox person | name = Charles Beigbeder | image = Charles Beigbeder 3.jpg | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1964|4|20|df=yes}} | birth_place = Neuilly-sur-Seine, France | education = École Centrale Paris | occupation = Businessman | relatives = Frédéric Beigbeder (brother) }}
'''Charles Beigbeder''' is a French businessman.<ref name="business">[https://archive.today/20130118224331/http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/people/person.asp?personId=587276&ticker=ALPWO:FP&previousCapId=84663966&previousTitle=AGROGENERATION BusinessWeek profile]</ref>
==Biography== His brother is Frédéric Beigbeder.<ref name="marianne">Sylvain Lapoix, 'L'UMP recycle tout: Charles Beigbeder numéro 2 de l'UMP à Paris', in ''Marianne'', 30 October 2009 {{cite web|url=http://www.marianne2.fr/L-UMP-recycle-tout-Charles-Beigbeder-numero-2-de-l-UMP-a-Paris_a182620.html |title=L'UMP recycle tout: Charles Beigbeder numéro 2 de l'UMP à Paris |accessdate=2012-01-06 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110102070150/http://www.marianne2.fr/L-UMP-recycle-tout-Charles-Beigbeder-numero-2-de-l-UMP-a-Paris_a182620.html |archivedate=2011-01-02 }}</ref> He graduated from the École Centrale Paris in 1988.<ref name="business"/><ref name="agrogeneration">{{Cite web |url=http://www.agrogeneration.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19&Itemid=12&lang=fr |title=Agrogeneration biography |access-date=2012-01-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110906025935/http://www.agrogeneration.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19&Itemid=12&lang=fr |archive-date=2011-09-06 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
In 1989, he started his career at Matra Marconi Space.<ref name="agrogeneration"/> From 1990 to 1991, he worked as a merchant banker for Banque Paribas.<ref name="business"/><ref name="agrogeneration"/> From 1991 to 1994, he worked for Credit Suisse First Boston in Paris.<ref name="business"/> From 1994 to 1996, he worked as a trader for MC-BBL Securities in London.<ref name="business"/><ref name="agrogeneration"/> He then was an investor for Angel-Invest.<ref name="business"/>
In 2001, he founded {{Interlanguage link|Selftrade|lt=Selftrade|fr}}, a financial services company similar to E-Trade.<ref name="business"/><ref name="agrogeneration"/><ref name="figaro">Charles Gautier, 'Agriculteur, la nouvelle vie de Charles Beigbeder', in ''Le Figaro'', 22/09/2009 [http://www.lefigaro.fr/conjoncture/2009/09/22/04016-20090922ARTFIG00331-agriculteur-la-nouvelle-vie-de-charles-beigbeder-.php]</ref> In 2002, he founded {{Interlanguage link|Poweo|lt=Poweo|fr}}, a utility company, and sold it to Verbund in 2009.<ref name="business"/><ref name="marianne"/><ref name="agrogeneration"/><ref name="figaro"/><ref name="lefigaro">Armelle Bohineust 'Charles Beigbeder passe le relais chez Poweo', in ''Le Figaro'', 03/06/2009 [http://www.lefigaro.fr/societes/2009/06/03/04015-20090603ARTFIG00296-charles-beigbeder-passe-le-relais-chez-poweo-.php]</ref><ref name="liberation">'Poweo: Charles Beigbeder vend sa participation à Verbund', in ''Libération'', June 2, 2009 [http://www.liberation.fr/economie/0101570874-poweo-charles-beigbeder-vend-sa-participation-a-verbund]</ref> In 2007,<ref>{{Cite web |date=October 28, 2009 |title=Audacia structure son développement |url=https://www.cfnews.net/L-actualite/Nominations/Fonds/Audacia-structure-son-developpement-69093 |website=CF News}}</ref> he founded Audacia, a financial firm.<ref name="business"/> In 2009, he founded AgroGeneration, and bought farming land in Ukraine to invest in biofuel.<ref name="figaro"/>
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 {{Interlanguage link|Pasqal|lt=Pasqal|fr}}.
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.<ref name="business" /><ref name="agrogeneration" /> He serves on the Advisory Board of 360° Capital Partners, and on the Executive Committee of the Medef since July 2005.<ref name="business" /><ref name="marianne" /> 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.<ref>Karolos Grohmann, 'Q&A with Annecy 2018 bid chief Charles Beigbeder', ''Reuters'', July 4, 2011 [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-olympics-2018-annecy-qa-idUSTRE7632PK20110704] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110709224941/http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/07/04/us-olympics-2018-annecy-qa-idUSTRE7632PK20110704|date=2011-07-09}}</ref><ref>Trung Latieule, 'Annecy says 2018 Winter Games bid is fully funded', in ''USA Today'', 06/07/2011 [https://www.usatoday.com/sports/olympics/2011-06-07-756740381_x.htm]</ref><ref>'Jeux olympiques : Charles Beigbeder président d'Annecy 2018', in ''Le Monde'', 10.01.11 [http://www.lemonde.fr/sport/article/2011/01/10/jeux-olympiques-charles-beigbeder-president-d-annecy-2018_1463664_3242.html]</ref><ref>'Charles Beigbeder sur les rangs pour les JO d'Annecy', on ''TF1'', 7 January 2011 [http://lci.tf1.fr/france/societe/2011-01/charles-beigbeder-sur-les-rangs-pour-les-jo-d-annecy-6216568.html] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120111140509/http://lci.tf1.fr/france/societe/2011-01/charles-beigbeder-sur-les-rangs-pour-les-jo-d-annecy-6216568.html|date=2012-01-11}}</ref> He is a Union pour un Mouvement Populaire appointee for Reforms.<ref name="marianne" /><ref>'Charles Beigbeder : « Une vraie crise de confiance »', in ''Corse Matin'', 21 November 2011 [http://www.corsematin.com/article/papier/charles-beigbeder-%C2%AB-une-vraie-crise-de-confiance-%C2%BB.514822.html]</ref>
== Publications ==
* ''NewSpace, l'économie à la conquête du Cosmos'' (NewSpace: The Economy Conquering the Cosmos), Eyrolles, 2026<ref>{{Cite web |title=Newspace, l'économie à la conquête du cosmos : la révolution spatiale qui façonne déjà notre avenir |url=https://www.lelotusbleu.ch/Detail-newspace_leconomie_a_la_conquete_du_cosmos__la_revolution_spatiale_qui_faconne_deja_notre_avenir-1-10357978 |website=lelotusbleu.ch}}</ref>
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