Alexandre Mars | |
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 Alexandre Mars in 2016 | |
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| Nationality | French |
| Education | Paris Nanterre University Paris Dauphine University |
| Occupation(s) | Entrepreneur Board member of the 2024 Summer Olympics |
Alexandre Mars is a French entrepreneur, philanthropist, and author. He is an Ambassador and Board Member of the 2024 Summer Olympics.
Alexandre Mars attended the lycée Florent Schmitt, before continuing his university studies at the Paris Nanterre University, the Paris Dauphine University and HEC.
In 1992, at the age of 17, he set up a company in his high school specializing in the organizing of concerts. At the age of 22, the capital raised from his first company enabled him to found A2X, one of the first French web agencies, which he sold in 1998 to become a venture capitalist. In 2002, he created Phonevalley, an advertising and marketing agency for cell phones, which he sold to Publicis in 2007. In 2006, he founded ScrOOn, a platform specialized in social media, which he sold to BlackBerry in 2013.
In 2014, Alexandre Mars founded blisce/, a B Corp-certified responsible investment firm with offices in New York and Paris. His investments, which combine financial, social and environmental performance, include companies such as Spotify, Pinterest, Too Good To Go and Brut.
Alexandre Mars was Chairman of the Sport and Society Commission as part of Paris' bid for the Olympic Games and he was appointed by Tony Estanguet to sit on the Paris 2024 Board of Directors in 2018.
Alexandre Mars' entrepreneurial successes have enabled him to develop philanthropic activities.
In 2014, he set up the non-profit foundation Epic, which selects and financially supports organizations that combat inequalities affecting children and young adults in the fields of education, health, protection and social and professional integration, as well as associations concerned with the environment and climate action. Epic offers corporate and individual donation solutions. In 2019, the Harvard Kennedy School published a case study to highlight Epic's innovative social impact model.
Alexandre Mars advocates the practice of sharing and giving for individuals and businesses. He is an advocate of giving solutions such as payroll giving, check-out giving and sharing pledges, which involve companies and individuals donating a portion of their revenues, profits, shares or capital gains (1% or more) to charitable causes.
Finally, Alexandre Mars is the founder of social EdTech INFIИITE, whose corporate purpose is to financially support French students from underprivileged backgrounds in gaining access to the world’s most renowned schools and universities, and in their first steps in the professional world. INFIИITE offers a zero-interest loan with no guarantor which, once repaid, will finance the following student in perpetuity and in a spirit of solidarity.
Since 2019, he has hosted the podcast PAUSE, in which he welcomes business leaders, writers, entrepreneurs, sportsmen and activists to talk about their journeys.
In 2015, Alexandre Mars was named among the “Top 20 Philanthropists Under 40” by The New York Observer .
In 2016, he received Europe 1's Trophée de l'Avenir in the "Personality of the Future" category.
In 2018, he appeared on Vanity Fair's list of the 50 most influential French people in the world.
In 2019, he was named one of the 50 Philanthropists of the Year by Town & Country.
In 2019, he was named Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur.
Alexandre Mars is married with four children.
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