Nokia Corporation is a Finnish multinational telecommunications, information technology, and consumer electronics corporation, established in 1865. Nokia's main headquarters are in Espoo, Finland, in the greater Helsinki metropolitan area, but the company's actual roots are in the Tampere region of Pirkanmaa. In 2020, Nokia employed approximately 92,000 people across over 100 countries, did business in more than 130 countries, and reported annual revenues of around €23 billion. Nokia is a public limited company listed on the Nasdaq Helsinki and New York Stock Exchange. It was the world's 415th-largest company measured by 2016 revenues, according to the Fortune Global 500, having peaked at 85th place in 2009. It is a component of the Euro Stoxx 50 stock market index.
SoftBank Group Corp. is a Japanese multinational investment holding company headquartered in Minato, Tokyo which focuses on investment management. The group primarily invests in companies operating in technology that offer goods and services to customers in a multitude of markets and industries ranging from the internet to automation. With over $100 billion in capital at its onset, SoftBank's Vision Fund is the world's largest technology-focused venture capital fund. Fund investors included sovereign wealth funds from countries in the Middle East.
ENSAE Paris is a university in France, known as Grandes Ecoles and a member of IP Paris. ENSAE Paris is known as the specialization school of École polytechnique for economics, finance, applied mathematics, statistics, and data science. It is one of France's top engineering schools and is directly attached to France's Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques (INSEE) and the French Ministry of Economy and Finance.
The Corps des mines is the foremost technical Grand Corps of the French State. It is composed of the state industrial engineers. The Corps is attached to the French Ministry of Economy and Finance. Its purpose is to entice French students in mathematics and physics to serve the government and train them for executive careers in France.
Paris Dauphine University - PSL is a Grande École and public institution of higher education and research based in Paris, France. As of 2022, Dauphine has 9,400 students in 8 fields of study, plus 3,800 in executive education. Its status as a grand établissement, adopted in 2004, allows it to select its students. On average, 90 to 95% of accepted students received either high distinctions or the highest distinctions at their French High School National Exam results. While not itself having the legal status of a public university, it is a constituent college of PSL University. Dauphine is also a member of the Conférence des Grandes Écoles.
Bernardus Johannes Maria "Ben" Verwaayen KBE is a Dutch businessman and a general partner of Keen Venture Partners. He was Chief Executive Officer of telecommunications company Alcatel-Lucent from 2008 to 2013.
Alcatel–Lucent S.A. was a multinational telecommunications equipment company, headquartered in Boulogne-Billancourt, France. It was formed in 2006 by the merger of France-based Alcatel and U.S.-based Lucent, the latter being a successor of AT&T's Western Electric and a holding company of Bell Labs.
Anne Lauvergeon is a French businesswoman who was CEO of Areva from 2001 to 2011. According to The Wall Street Journal, she is known internationally as one of the most prominent defenders of nuclear power.
Pascale Sourisse is a French businesswoman.
Stephen Andrew Carter, Baron Carter of Barnes,, is a Scottish businessman and politician. Starting his career as CEO of J Walter Thompson UK & Ireland and COO of NTL UK & Ireland, in 2003 Carter became the founding CEO of Ofcom in the United Kingdom. He was subsequently the group CEO of Brunswick Group from 2007 until 2008, when he stepped down to join the administration of Prime Minister Gordon Brown, Initially serving in 2008 as Brown's chief of strategy, principal advisor, and the Acting Downing Street Chief of Staff, he was the Minister for Communications, Technology and Broadcasting from 2008 to 2009. Between 2010 and 2013 he held various management positions at Alcatel-Lucent, and in 2013 he became the group CEO of Informa, an information and events company.
The Corps des télécommunications was a French Technical "grand corps de l'Etat". It is formed of the State Engineers of the Telecommunications.
Philippe Camus is a French businessman whose executive positions include CEO at transnational aerospace company EADS, and chairman and interim CEO at French/American telecommunications supplier Alcatel-Lucent.
Frédéric Oudéa is a French businessmann who was CEO of Société Générale and as president of the European Banking Federation.
François Pérol is a French banker and high-ranking official and is the current chairman of Natixis.
The Corps de l'armement, or corps des ingénieurs de l'armement is a Technical Grand Corps of the French State, aimed at providing the French Armed Forces with all appropriate equipment and at supervising the French Aerospace & Defence industry.
Raul Marcelo Claure Bedoya is a Bolivian-American technology entrepreneur, businessman, and investor. He is currently the founder and CEO of Claure Group, the Executive Chairman of Bicycle Capital, and Group Vice Chairman for Shein.
Pierre Suard, born November 9, 1934, in Lons-le-Saunier, France, is an engineer, French senior official, and director of national companies. He is an alumnus of École Polytechnique and École des Ponts ParisTech (ENPC).
Patrick Drahi is an Israeli billionaire magnate and investor with interests in media and telecoms. He is the founder and controlling shareholder of the European-based telecom group Altice. A former French citizen, he lives in Switzerland.
Amnon Dick (Hebrew: אמנון דיק; is an Israeli businessman, manager and director.
Christel Heydemann is a French businesswoman and the chief executive officer (CEO) of the French telecommunications company Orange S.A. since 4 April 2022.
