Pierre Chappaz

Pierre Chappaz, born on April 12, 1959, in Toulon, France, is a businessman and one of the founders of Kelkoo and Wikio.

After studying at École Centrale in Paris, he worked at the World Bank and later contributed to the early development of the Cité des Sciences et de l'Industrie in La Villette, Paris, and the Futuroscope in Poitiers.

He worked with IBM, Toshiba, and Computer Associates. He was one of the founders of the price comparison website Kelkoo in 1999, which he led until the company was acquired by Yahoo!. Briefly serving as Director of Yahoo Europe, Pierre later became an advisor to the Swiss internet investment fund Index Ventures.

In 2006, he created Wikio, a search engine for news published on press websites and blogs, in addition to being one of the executives of Netvibes, a customizable web portal service.

External links

• Pierre Chappaz's Blog (in French)
• Video about Wikio - November 29, 2007 (in French)