Technology >> CEO Interviews >> May 11, 2000

Bernard Liautaud – Business Objects Sa (bobj)

BERNARD LIAUTAUD is President, Chief Executive Officer, and Chairman of the Board of Business Objects. As such, he has direct responsibility over all areas of the company, including operations, finance, product engineering, marketing, and business development. Mr. Liautaud founded Business Objects in 1990, and took the company public on NASDAQ in September 1994, making it the first French software company listed in the US. In January 1996 BusinessWeek named Mr. Liautaud as one of the 'Hot Entrepreneurs of the Year.' Prior to Business Objects, Mr. Liautaud served as Director of Marketing for Oracle France. He also spent time as a scientific attache for the French Embassy in Washington DC. Mr. Liautaud has a Master's Degree in Engineering from Ecole Centrale (France) and a Master's Degree in Engineering Management from Stanford University. Profile
TWST: Let's start out by your giving us a brief overview of Business

Objects ' the company's history, services, products and customers.

Mr. Liautaud: The company was founded nine and a half