Financial Services >> CEO Interviews >> July 24, 2000
CHARLES BEIGBEDER comes from Ecole Centrale de Paris (from 1984 to
1988) where he got a Master of Science in engineering, a dual major in
Mathematics and Physics. He was really interested in aeronautical and
space fields. After a period at MATRA MARCONI SPACE, he joined PARIBAS
and later Credit Suisse First Boston when he worked in investment
banking in Paris. Then, he went to London in 1994 to work in MC-BBL
Securities Limited, as Associate Director, where he was responsible for
the coverage of French companies and financial institutions. In 1997, he
came back to France to create Self Trade, which is one of France's
leading providers of online investment services and is in the process of
establishing branches in other strategic European markets. Profile
Trade, a little bit of history; take me through the IPO.
Mr. Beigbeder: The company was incorporated in November 1997,
