Technology >> CEO Interviews >> March 20, 2000
JEAN-FRANCOIS LANIECE is the founder and Chief Executive Officer of
Groupe D. He founded the company in 1986, with two friends he met at
college, and through organic growth and acquisitions, the company was
able to have an IPO on the Nouveau March in early 1999. Mr Laniece's
hobbies are golf, football and scuba diving. He is married with four
children. Profile
TWST: First, can you give us a background summary on Groupe D, and thenbring us up-to-date as to what you see as the company and business
today?
Mr. Laniece: We started Groupe D with my