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Business developper since 1997, I am co-founder of JeuxVideo.com which is the leading editorial videogame website in France. After this company was sold to Ubisoft (Gameloft), I became a Business Angel till 2004. Then I became Business Developer Consultant, with all the experience I gathered during the past years in small business high tech industry.
Member of French association of Doctors in Sciences ANDèS www.andes.asso.fr
Member of french business club AGREGATOR www.agregator.net
Chevalier de la Chaîne des Rôtisseurs www.chaine-des-rotisseurs.net
François Claustres
CEO, Claustres Conseil Internet
Grenoble, France
François Claustres | English | French |
Schools attended |
Université Grenoble 2 Pierre Mendès France (Docteur es Sciences Economiques) |
Lycée Fenelon (Bac S) |
Since 2000: Claustres Conseil Internet |
CEO
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Claustres Conseil Internet is my holding personnal investments since I sold my shares in JeuxVideo.com. It owns shares in companies like RAPHAEL MICHEL SA (formerly ADVENDI SA) or MADE IN DESIGN (www.madeindesign.com)... Since 2004 the experience I gathered in coaching the management of these companies led me to become a business development consultant. | |
Sector: Organization and Strategy |
2006 - 2008 : AGE Studio |
CEO
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AGE Studio is developping historical simulation & strategic videogames. It has been founded after the major success of Birth of America (www.birth-of-america.com), the first game edited by AGEOD (www.ageod.com). The development team is leaded by Philippe THIBAUT, well known for his past creations (Europa Universalis...). Other titles are on the way for this studio, which will become a specialist for serious historical games. AGE Studio is member of LYON GAME (www.lyongame.com) | |
Sector: Software publishers |
2005 - 2006 : Made in Design |
Business Developer
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Made in Design (www.madeindesign.com) is the leading French e-commerce website for design furnitures, with major brands like Kartell, Magis, Serralunga... I helped operationally the top management in order to pursue the quick growth of this company. | |
Sector: e-commerce and distance selling |
2004 - 2005 : TEMPO GROUP |
Consultant partner
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I was consultant partner in Tempo Line, which has stakes in different new emerging sectors, in USA & in Europe. | |
Sector: Organization and Strategy |
2002 - 2003 : ADVENDI SA |
COO
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ADVENDI is now a holding that owns a major wine wholesaler in Orange (south of France), RAPHAEL MICHEL SA. We made it public in january 2004, at the Paris stock exchange [MLRAM]. | |
Sector: Trade - Industrial Wholesale Trade |
1997 - 2000 : JeuxVideo.com |
Co-founder, Partner
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JeuxVideo.com is the most prestigious and most accurate video game dedicated site from France. Since april 2000, JeuxVideo.com is a subsidiary of GameLoft SA (UbiSoft SA), one of the two major french video game company. | |
Sector: Multimedia - Internet |
1997 - 1999 : Posse Press |
Freelance journalist
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Writer of the Internet heading news. | |
Sector: Press and editorial |
Interests |
footing, sky, tennis, gastronomy, video games |
