Loïc Le Meur
Loïc Le Meur | |
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| File:Loïc Le Meur at the 2014 LeWeb Conference.jpg Le Meur at the 2014 LeWeb Conference | |
| Born | 14 July 1972 France |
| Alma mater | HEC Paris |
| Occupations | Entrepreneur, blogger |
Loïc Le Meur (born 14 July 1972) is a French entrepreneur and blogger. He served as Executive Vice President EMEA at software company Six Apart after merging French blogging company Ublog with Six Apart in July 2004.[1] In late 2006 Le Meur became a public backer of French presidential candidate Nicolas Sarkozy and joined Sarkozy's campaign team as an advisor on Internet-related topics.[2][3]
Career
[edit | edit source]In 1996, Loïc Le Meur founded his first company, interactive agency B2L[citation needed], after graduating from HEC Paris.[4]
He also founded RapidSite France with his wife [5] a web hosting company for small businesses in France.[6] In 1999, he sold RapidSite to France Télécom where it became part of Wanadoo.[7]
In 2000, he founded application service provider Tekora.[6]
In 2003, he got involved with French weblog hosting company Ublog which he purchased from its founder, fellow Breton Stéphane Le Solliec in October 2003.[8] He then grew Ublog and merged the company with Six Apart where he became Executive Vice President in 2004.[9] He held his role as EVP EMEA until March 2007 when he handed his job over to long-time business partner Olivier Creiche. Le Meur remains Honorary Chair of Six Apart Europe.[10]
In 2015, he founded leade.rs, a platform for keynote speakers.[citation needed] In 2019, leade.rs was acquired by Animoca. Le Meur joined Animoca as a venture partner to assist in growth and expansion opportunities.[11]
Blogging and LeWeb
[edit | edit source]In 2004 Le Meur became part of the team behind the official World Economic Forum blog.[12]
Since 2004, Le Meur has organized a conference focused on blogging and the web world with Géraldine Le Meur, his wife until recently.[13] In December 2006, he managed to get Shimon Peres, Nicolas Sarkozy, and French politician François Bayrou on stage at LeWeb '03.[14] More than 2,600 people from 60 different countries attended in 2010.[15] Approximately 3200 attended in 2014.[16]
Seesmic
[edit | edit source]In 2007, Le Meur moved to San Francisco to launch a new startup named Seesmic.[17]
Seesmic was initially focused on the creation of an online community of video bloggers. Following the 2008 economic crisis Seesmic's became a social media client company. In January 2010, Seesmic acquired Ping.fm [18] and allowed its users to update simultaneously more than 50 different social media statuses. In February 2011, Seesmic received funding from Salesforce.com and Softbank, bringing total funding to $16 million.[19] In September 2012, Seesmic was acquired by HootSuite.[20][21]
Bibliography
[edit | edit source]- Blogs pour les pros by Loïc Le Meur and Laurence Beauvais, Dunod Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value)., November 2005
- La révolution podcast by Loïc Le Meur and Laurence Beauvais, Dunod Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value)., September 2006.
On social media
[edit | edit source]- On December 11, 2016, Le Meur shared his concern about Tesla Motors drivers using charging slots as parking space on Twitter. Elon Musk immediately took action and fixed the issue within 6 days.[22][23]
References
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External links
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- Le Meur's personal blog in English and in French
- Interview with Loic Le Meur video
- Interview with Loic Le Meur about his new company Seesmic video
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