Alexandre Prot

French entrepreneur
Alexandre Prot
Born (1982-11-19) 19 November 1982 (age 41)
Alma materHEC Paris
INSEAD
OccupationCEO of Qonto

Alexandre Prot, born November 19, 1982, is a French entrepreneur who has been the co-founder and CEO of Qonto since 2016.[1]

Biography

Alexandre Prot studies at HEC Paris (2006) and INSEAD.[2] He began his career at Goldman Sachs before continuing in strategy consulting at McKinsey & Company.[3] His beginnings as an entrepreneur date back to 2013, when he created, with his partner Steve Anavi, Smok.io, the first connected electronic cigarette.[4]

In 2016, he created Qonto to simplify the daily banking and financial lives of SMEs and self-employed people in Europe.[5] Since its creation, the unicorn has raised 622 million, bringing its valuation to 4.4 billion euros.[6]

The company today has 450,000 customers and more than 1,400 employees in 4 markets in Europe (Germany, Spain, France, Italy). It appears in the Next40 index, which brings together the 40 French scale-ups with the most potential.[7]

Awards

References

  1. ^ Alexandre Prot, patron de Qonto, nouveau détecteur de pépites pour le fonds Hedosophia
  2. ^ L’Entretien HEC : Alexandre Prot, PDG et co-fondateur de Qonto
  3. ^ Alexandre Prot fait fortune en modernisant la banque à papa
  4. ^ Chroniques de Alexandre Prot
  5. ^ Alexandre Prot
  6. ^ Derrière la néobanque et licorne Qonto, Alexandre Prot, un PDG aux grandes ambitions
  7. ^ Alexandre Prot, Cofondateur de Qonto – “Servir un million d’entreprises”
  8. ^ Décret du 23 novembre 2022 portant promotion et nomination dans l'ordre national du Mérite