Arnaud Ventura
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| 💼 Occupation | Entrepreneur |
| Known for | Co-Founder PlaNet Finance[1] Founder MicroCred Group mBank Holding[2] |
Arnaud Ventura is a french entrepreneur. He is the founder and CEO of Baobab Group (formerly Microcred[3] )
Biography[edit]
Early life and education[edit]
Still a Computer Science student in early 90s, Arnaud Ventura had the opportunity to participate in the creation of two leading Internet providers in France (Club Internet) and Thaïland (Internet Thaïland). He subsequently joined BNP Paribas in Latin America and had the opportunity to support the Business Development of the bank in Argentina. In 1997, thanks to his exposure to emerging market in Asia and Latin America early on, Arnaud deciced to get involved in social impact business. He developed the idea of leveraging technology and internet to support social business and ended up co-founding Positive Planet[4] formerly PlaNet Finance
Carreer[edit]
As a young internet entrepreneur, Arnaud Ventura proposed the idea of setting up an international organization using internet to develop microfinance. In December 1997, Arnaud Ventura met with Jacques Attali who had developed the idea of a virtual bank using Internet to support microentreprise during an Aspen Institute conference. Both Jacques Attali and Arnaud Ventura worked together to create Positive Planet[5] (formerly PlaNet Finance), in Paris, in October 1998. Positive Planet[6] became a leading player in the field of international development and microfinance.
In 2005 Arnaud Ventura founded Baobab Group (formerly Microcred[7]), a leading digital finance company focusing on financial inclusion in Africa and China. Baboab offers financial services to emerging customers segment in Madagascar, Senegal, Nigeria, Ivory Cost, Mali, Burkina Faso, DRC, Tunisia and China Baobab beyond financial inclusion services offers clean energy and digital services access to low income population in rural Africa through it's Baobab+ unit.
Arnaud is one of the cofounder of the French China Foundation a foundation to develop relationships between France and China. The foundation is particularly acclaimed for its Young Leader program.
Mandates[edit]
·2006 - Founder and CEO of Baobab Group
·2014 - Cofounder and board member of France China Foundation
Expired mandates :
·2015-2018: Board Member Finexkap[8]
·1998-2006: CEO of PlaNet Finance
·2000-2003: Founder and board member: Silicone Sentier
Awards[edit]
Arnaud was nominated French American Young Leader in 2005. Arnaud was nominated Young Global Leader of the WEF in 2013
External Links[edit]
www://baobab.bz/
References[edit]
Arnaud Ventura: Fondation France Chine[9]
Arnaud Ventura: Microcred Wikipedia[10]
Arnaud Ventura: Opinion Internationale[11]
Portrait d'Arnaud Ventura: Co-fondateur de PlaNet Finance[12]
Arnaud Ventura: World Economics Forum[13]
Arnaud Ventura: Entrepreneur d'avenir[14]
Arnaud Ventura: BFM Business[15]
Global Teacher Prize [16]
Bloomberg[17]
Webmanagercenter biographie[18]
Arnaud Ventura: Twitter account[19]
Arnaud Ventura: Economie Matin[20]
http://www.lesafriques.com/la-parole-aux-lecteurs/arnaud-ventura-3.html?Itemid=308
P+sitive Book 2015-2030 Vers un monde positif[21]
Programme commun pour jeunes leaders français et chinois[22]
MicroCapital[23]
Down to Earth Danone: Arnaud Ventura "Every economic agent can have a positive imapcat in society"[24]
Empreintes sociales: En finir avec le court terme[25]
- ↑ de Sa’Pinto, Martin (9 May 2008). "AG Prices May Test Microfinance Model". Daily News. Retrieved 15 April 2013.
- ↑ "Smart To Power Macrofinance Bank". Manila Bulletin. 11 November 2012. Retrieved 15 April 2013.
- ↑ https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microcred
- ↑ https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Positive_Planet
- ↑ https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Positive_Planet
- ↑ https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Positive_Planet
- ↑ https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microcred
- ↑ https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finexkap
- ↑ http://francechinafoundation.org/staff/arnaud-venturamembre-fondateur/?lang=fr
- ↑ https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microcred
- ↑ https://www.opinion-internationale.com/2011/06/16/interview-arnaud-ventura-planet-finance_1491.html
- ↑ https://www.microworld.org/fr/news-from-the-field/article/portrait-arnaud-ventura-planet-finance
- ↑ https://www.weforum.org/people/arnaud-ventura
- ↑ https://www.entrepreneursdavenir.com/actualites/arnaud-ventura-planet-finance/
- ↑ https://dirigeants.bfmtv.com/Arnaud-VENTURA-4691239/
- ↑ https://www.globalteacherprize.org/academy-member/arnaud-ventura/
- ↑ https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/person.asp?personId=39693710&privcapId=47765019
- ↑ https://www.webmanagercenter.com/2018/02/05/415660/biographie-arnaud-ventura-president-microcred/
- ↑ https://twitter.com/arnoventura?lang=fr
- ↑ http://www.economiematin.fr/auteur-256-Arnaud-Ventura
- ↑ https://editions.flammarion.com/Catalogue/hors-collection/histoire-et-actualite/p+sitive-book
- ↑ https://business.lesechos.fr/directions-generales/metier-et-carriere/associations-professionnelles-et-reseaux/030699809583-programme-commun-pour-jeunes-leaders-francais-et-chinois-314492.php
- ↑ https://www.microcapital.org/meet-the-boss-arnaud-ventura-of-planet-finance-and-microcred/
- ↑ http://downtoearth.danone.com/2012/09/18/arnaud-ventura-every-economic-agent-can-have-a-positive-impact-on-society/
- ↑ https://books.google.fr/books?id=Wy0WKmtdOA4C&pg=PA105&lpg=PA105&dq=arnaud+ventura&source=bl&ots=s5_iYGTobT&sig=zY6m_V2JvMZexAwO8EQgWjXqGE4&hl=fr&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiIlv6OuLTaAhVC1hQKHQpGDUI4KBDoAQhTMAc#v=onepage&q=arnaud%20ventura&f=false
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