Bruno Bonnell

Bruno Bonnell (born in 1958 with Algiers) is a French personality business world, cofounder and former president of Infogrames.

Biography

Born in 1958 with Algiers, it is at the eight years age that its family of Irish origin settles with Lyon. Endowed pupil, it manages to obtain his baccalaureat at the 16 years age and starts studies of higher mathematics some time before continuing a training of chemical engineer to the university electronic physics chemistry of Lyon until in 1980. Little impassioned by chemistry, it turns then to the economy and becomes titular of a control of economy applied to the Université Paris-Dauphine (1982). It passes then its military service then manages to be made engage as commercial by a company of surface treatment of the plastics for 6 months. In 1982 it enters to Thomson as an engineer of businesses in charge with launching and marketing the west of France of the first computer of the group, TO7. In parallel he writes in company of his friend Christophe Sapet practical book a “of the home computer” which enabled them to constitute a starting capital to create a company of edition of software.

Thus it creates with Christophe Sapet and Thomas Schmider the company Infogrames in June 1983, the day of the birth of his first daughter. Infogrames will be with dimensions as of 1993 with the Second Market of the Bourse de Paris.

In 1995 the New Economist decrees the title of “managing to him year”.

In 2000 it repurchases Hasbro Interactive owner of the mark Atari and it is the beginning for Infogrames of increasingly with the passing of years high financial losses.

It is known for its singular and been obstinated personality and its mediatization which it gave birth to in the Années 2000.

He is also member of the Board of directors of the group Danone since the April 22nd 2005 and those of Eurazeo and Pathé.

The April 5th 2007, the board of directors of Infogrames decides departure of Bruno Bonell as chairman. Patrick Leleu replaces it at this station, the course of the action takes 14% in the morning.

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