Olivier Dellenbach
Olivier Dellenbach, born in Strasbourg on 17, is a French entrepreneur.
Biography
His father, Pierre Dellenbach, is a gynecologist in Strasbourg.
He entered École polytechnique in 1981 and graduated in 1983. During his studies, he built an IBM PC-type computer which he tried to sell to Schneider, without success.[1] He spent a few years in consulting. In 1987, he founded Nat System, a software publisher that developed a tool to support the implementation of IBM PCs in companies.[2] Nat System became a subcontractor of Microsoft. The company was sold in 1998 to the Canadian firm Cognicase.[3]
In 1999, he founded, with Alexandre Bilger (a Polytechnique and École des mines alumnus who had been his CTO at Nat System), a software publisher that developed a development environment, eFront, which did not take off. Following an order from the Caisse des dépôts et consignations, he created an investment monitoring tool, which became successful thanks to private equity. The company, eFront Financial Solutions, had 850 employees in 2019 when it was sold to BlackRock for 1.3 billion dollars.[4]
He founded ChapsVision in 2019, a cybersecurity company. The goal was to make ChapsVision a champion in data analysis.[5][6] The company raised 100 million euros in 2022 and 90 million euros in 2023.[7][8]
Within ChapsVision, Dellenbach developed the Argonos data analytics platform and acquired several companies to enrich the data. He acquired five companies in 2019–2020: Coheris (CRM), Sparkow and Octipas (commercial performance), NP6 (digital marketing), and Bertin IT (cybersecurity)[9][10]. He then acquired about ten others in 2022 and 2023, including Elektron (interceptions), Deveryware (digital trace analysis), and Ockham Solutions.[11][12]
ChapsVision was pre-selected by the DGSI to replace Palantir[13] against a consortium including Thales and Atos/Eviden.[14]
Wealth
His professional fortune is estimated at 250 million euros in early 2023.[15]
Personal life
With his second wife, Béatrice, he has a daughter, Clara, who is mute. Olivier and Béatrice created the HappyCap foundation in 2019 to help other parents communicate with a mute child using sign language.[16][17] He reads comic books, particularly the adventures of Michel Vaillant.[18]
References
- ↑ Cybersecurity: Olivier Dellenbach, founder of ChapsVision, IT as a driver. https://www.challenges.fr/entreprise/cybersecurite-olivier-dellenbach-fondateur-de-chapsvision-linformatique-comme-moteur_872732
- ↑ Informatique: A new international structure for Nat Systèmes. https://www.usinenouvelle.com/article/informatique-une-nouvelle-structure-internationale-pour-nat-systemes.N76165
- ↑ Cybersecurity: Olivier Dellenbach, founder of ChapsVision, IT as a driver. https://www.challenges.fr/entreprise/cybersecurite-olivier-dellenbach-fondateur-de-chapsvision-linformatique-comme-moteur_872732
- ↑ Olivier Dellenbach: good fortune. https://www.lesechos.fr/thema/eti-numerique/olivier-dellenbach-de-bonne-fortune-1343792
- ↑ Olivier Dellenbach: good fortune. https://www.lesechos.fr/thema/eti-numerique/olivier-dellenbach-de-bonne-fortune-1343792
- ↑ ChapsVision, the French “Palantir”, raises 90 million euros. https://www.lesechos.fr/tech-medias/hightech/chapsvision-le-palantir-francais-leve-90-millions-deuros-1983102
- ↑ How ChapsVision sold its project to investors. https://www.lesechos.fr/thema/articles/comment-chapsvision-a-vendu-son-projet-aux-investisseurs-1880904
- ↑ Comment ChapsVision wants to become a European intelligence leader … and an alternative to Palantir. https://www.usinenouvelle.com/editorial/comment-chapsvision-veut-devenir-un-leader-europeen-du-renseignement-et-une-alternative-a-palantir.N2180562
- ↑ Olivier Dellenbach: good fortune. https://www.lesechos.fr/thema/eti-numerique/olivier-dellenbach-de-bonne-fortune-1343792
- ↑ ChapsVision, the French little champion following in Palantir’s footsteps. https://www.lefigaro.fr/secteur/high-tech/chapsvision-le-petit-poucet-francais-dans-les-pas-de-palantir-20220921
- ↑ How ChapsVision sold its project to investors. https://www.lesechos.fr/thema/articles/comment-chapsvision-a-vendu-son-projet-aux-investisseurs-1880904
- ↑ Comment ChapsVision wants to become… (above). https://www.usinenouvelle.com/editorial/comment-chapsvision-veut-devenir-un-leader-europeen-du-renseignement-et-une-alternative-a-palantir.N2180562
- ↑ Cybersecurity: Olivier Dellenbach, founder of ChapsVision, IT as a driver. https://www.challenges.fr/entreprise/cybersecurite-olivier-dellenbach-fondateur-de-chapsvision-linformatique-comme-moteur_872732
- ↑ Comment ChapsVision wants to become a European intelligence leader … and an alternative to Palantir. https://www.usinenouvelle.com/editorial/comment-chapsvision-veut-devenir-un-leader-europeen-du-renseignement-et-une-alternative-a-palantir.N2180562
- ↑ Cybersecurity: Olivier Dellenbach, founder of ChapsVision, IT as a driver. https://www.challenges.fr/entreprise/cybersecurite-olivier-dellenbach-fondateur-de-chapsvision-linformatique-comme-moteur_872732
- ↑ Cybersecurity: Olivier Dellenbach, founder of ChapsVision, IT as a driver. https://www.challenges.fr/entreprise/cybersecurite-olivier-dellenbach-fondateur-de-chapsvision-linformatique-comme-moteur_872732
- ↑ The new French cybersecurity champion wants to help mentally handicapped people communicate. https://next.ink/723/le-nouveau-champion-francais-cybersurveillance-veut-aider-handicapes-mentaux-a-communiquer/
- ↑ Cybersecurity: Olivier Dellenbach, founder of ChapsVision, IT as a driver. https://www.challenges.fr/entreprise/cybersecurite-olivier-dellenbach-fondateur-de-chapsvision-linformatique-comme-moteur_872732