Alexandre Prot
Alexandre Prot (born 19 November 1982) is a French entrepreneur best known as co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of Qonto since April 2016.[1]
Biography
Alexandre Prot graduated from HEC Paris in 2006 and subsequently studied at INSEAD.[2] He began his career at Goldman Sachs and then joined McKinsey & Company as a strategic consultant.[3] In 2013, together with Steve Anavi, he launched Smok.io, the first connected electronic cigarette.[4]
In 2016, he co-founded Qonto to simplify day‑to‑day banking and financial management for small and medium‑sized enterprises and freelancers across Europe.[5] The fintech unicorn has raised €622 million in funding, valuing the company at €4.4 billion. [6]Qonto serves over 450,000 customers and employs more than 1,400 staff across Germany, Spain, France and Italy, and is listed in the Next40 index of top French growth companies.[7]
Honours
- Knight of the National Order of Merit (France), 2022
References
- ↑ https://www.lesechos.fr/start-up/portraits/alexandre-prot-patron-de-qonto-nouveau-detecteur-de-pepites-pour-le-fonds-hedosophia-1361838
- ↑ https://hecstories.fr/fr/videos/lentretien-hec-alexandre-prot-pdg-et-co-fondateur-de-qonto/
- ↑ https://www.lemonde.fr/economie/article/2022/01/11/alexandre-prot-fait-fortune-en-modernisant-la-banque-a-papa_6108976_3234.html
- ↑ https://www.journaldunet.com/account/alexandre-prot-27172
- ↑ https://event.go-entrepreneurs.com/paris2024/speaker/6f176a72-23f0-ee11-aaf0-000d3a2b945f/alexandre-prot
- ↑ https://www.challenges.fr/finance-et-marche/banques/derriere-la-neobanque-et-licorne-qonto-alexandre-prot-un-pdg-aux-grandes-ambitions_884214
- ↑ https://www.ecoreseau.fr/entreprendre/portraits-entrepreneurs/alexandre-prot-cofondateur-de-qonto-servir-un-million-dentreprises-2022-05-30-85530