Bruno Vanryb[1] was the BV of BVRP,[2] a Paris-based company he co-founded with Roger Politis in 1984. He was a French entrepreneur[3] (1957 - January 12, 2019).[4] He was the founder and former CEO of Avanquest, a worldwide software company. He headed Be Brave, a consultancy firm.
Biography edit
Vanryb was a former sound engineer[1] and tech journalist (SVM, Micro Systèmes and Soft & Micro particular), and author of twelve books on micro-computers.
In 1984, he cofounded BVRP with Roger Politis, which became Avanquest, a leading software publisher in France and around the world. In January 2014, it counted 530 employees in seven countries. One of the flagship products of the company[1] was a fax software named WinFax. He was CEO,[5] then Executive Chairman[6] of Avanquest until June 2015.
He was also very active in the French digital and innovation ecosystem. Vanryb participated with Denis Payre in the foundation of an association called Croissance Plus, which supports and ensures awareness of growing companies in France, an association he chaired between 1998 and 2000. From 2002 to 2005, Vanryb was President of Middlenext,[7] an association whose members are medium-sized companies, listed on Euronext, Paris stock exchange. In July 2007, Bruno Vanryb was appointed to the Board of Directors of Euronext Paris until 2014. From 2010 to 2015, he was also vice-president of Syntec Numérique, which represents 1,100 member companies and groups, among whom 50% are software companies. Between April 2011 and July 2012, he was also a member and vice-president of the Conseil national du numérique, a consultative group created by French president Nicolas Sarkozy to advise him on digital issues.
Since 2016, Vanryb joined the M&A boutique Avolta Partners as Senior Partner.
Bruno Vanryb died of a motorcycle accident on January 12, 2019.
Notes and references edit
- ^ a b c Martin, Mitchell (1993-11-22). "French Entrepreneurs Cash In on Fax Modems". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2016-03-15.
- ^ "Sautter Says He Won't Backtrack on France's Financial Reforms". The Wall Street Journal. November 29, 1999.
Bruno Vanryb, chief executive of BVRP Software SA
- ^ "Stocks". Bloomberg.com. 2023-05-24. Retrieved 2023-05-24.
- ^ "Décès de Bruno Vanryb, fondateur d'Avanquest et business angel de Cityscoot". 9 January 2018.
- ^ Hutheesing, Nikhil (2007-09-14). "Avanquest Inside". Forbes. Retrieved 2016-03-15.
- ^ "Avanquest Software Video Q&A: CEO Bruno Vanryb comments on 2010/2011 annual earnings - Avanquest Software - EuroBusiness Media". EuroBusiness Media. Retrieved 2016-03-15.
- ^ "The Board - Middlenext". www.middlenext.com. Retrieved 2016-03-15.
External links edit
- Official website (in French)