François Chopard
| François Chopard | |
|---|---|
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| Born | February 23, 1971 Nice, France |
| 🏳️ Nationality | French |
| 🏫 Education | centraleSupelec |
| 💼 Occupation | Engineer |
François Chopard (born February 23, 1971) is a French aerospace engineer and businessman.
Early Work[edit]
François was born in Nice, France. He attended CentraleSupelec. Due to his father's business assignments, Chopard spent his formative years in Dijon and Paris. He received a Masters of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Centrale. He spent his conscription as an aerospace engineer at Griffis Air Force Base.[1] Early in Chopard's career he worked as an aerospace engineer at Airbus then moved over to the consulting world and worked his way up to partner at Oliver Wyman, a global consulting firm working with Fortune 500 clients. A profile on Chopard in GQ claimed "[Chopard] is following in the footsteps of [Elon Musk]."[2]
Career[edit]
Chopard founded Starburst [3], an aerospace and defence firm, in 2012. Starburst is a global company with offices in Singapore, Los Angeles, Paris, Montreal, Korea, Spain, London, and Munich. The aerospace firm specializes in three areas: innovation consulting with large OEMs, an accelerator for aerospace start ups, and a venture fund investing in aerospace start ups.[4] To date, Chopard has invested in over 90 aerospace start ups through his venture fund [5].
Chopard is considered an expert in his field and recently, has been asked to lend his aerospace expertise on issues such as urban mobility and the future of transportation.[6] as well as a regular contributor on Bloomberg interviewing with Emily Chang about aerospace startups [7]. He is consistently asked to contribute his extensive knowledge in publications such as Techcrunch. [8]
As CEO of Starburst, Chopard has worked with companies such as, Airbus and Panasonic, as well as Thales and Northrop and others.[9]. His company operates an accelerator for aerospace start ups around the globe [10]. Chopard headed up the first aerospace accelerator to launch in the United States in 2015 [11] Since then he has launched accelerators around the globe. In February 2019, Chopard and Starburst joined forces with Techstars to launch a joint venture accelerator for aerospace startups in Los Angeles [12]. November 2019, Starburst partnered with the United States Air Force to run the first Space Pitch day awarding $9M USD to 12 companies [13] Chopard speaks extensively about the aerospace and defence industry including a recent panel at the Global Aerospace Summit.[14]
References[edit]
- ↑ "Francois Chopard". Techcrunch.
- ↑ Patrelle, Jeremy. "Francois Chopard, the Frenchy in the footsteps of Elon". GQ.
- ↑ "Starburst". Starburst website.
- ↑ "Starburst". Starburst website.
- ↑ "Starburst Aerospace". Pitchbook.
- ↑ "Starburst Accelerator CEO See Beginning of a New Space Era". Bloomberg Technology.
- ↑ "Finding The Next Big Space Startup". Bloomberg Technology.
- ↑ "The Next Billion-Dollar Start Up Will Be In Aerospace". Techcrunch.
- ↑ {"Francois Chopard". Crunchbase.
- ↑ "Starburst Accelerator". Starburst website.
- ↑ "Starburst Accelerator launches Program into the U.S. For Groundbreaking Innovation in Aerospace". Cision PR Newswire.
- ↑ "Techstars and Starburst are launching a space industry accelerator in Los Angeles". Techcrunch.
- ↑ "Air Force awards $9 million on first Space Pitch Day San Francisco". Space News.
- ↑ "Global Aerospace Summit". Global Space Conference.
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| François Chopard | |
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| Born | September 7, 1972 Frejus, France |
| 🏳️ Nationality | French |
| 🎓 Alma mater | CentraleSupelec |
| 💼 Occupation | |
François Chopard (born February 23, 1971) is a French aerospace engineer and businessman.
Early Career[edit]
François was born in Frejus, France in the South of France. He attended CentraleSupelec. Due to his father's business assignments, Chopard spent his formative years in Dijon and Paris. He received a Masters of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Centrale. He spent his conscription as an aerospace engineer at Griffis Air Force Base. [1] Early in Chopard's career he started as an aerospace engineer at Airbus and moved over to the consulting world and worked his way up to partner at Oliver Wyman, a global consulting firm working with Fortune 500 clients. [2]
Current Career[edit]
GQ France said "[Chopard] is following in the footsteps of [Elon Musk]."[3]
Chopard founded Starburst LLC [4], an aerospace and defence firm, in 2012. Starburst is a global company with offices in Singapore Singapore, Los Angeles, Paris, Montreal, Korea, Spain, London, and Munich. The aerospace firm specializes in three areas: innovation consulting with large OEMs, an accelerator for aerospace start ups, and a venture fund investing in aerospace start ups.[5]
Chopard is considered an expert in his field and recently, has been asked to lend his aerospace expertise on issues such as urban mobility and the future of transportation.[6] and Emily Chang about aerospace startups [7]. He is consistently asked to contribute his extensive knowledge in publications such as Techcrunch: [8]
As CEO of Starburst, Chopard has worked with companies such as, Airbus and Panasonic, as well as Thales and Northrup and others.[9]. His company operates an accerlator for aerospace start ups around the globe [10]. Chopard headed up the first aerospace accelerator to launch in the United States in 2015 [11] Since then he has launched accelerators around the globe. In February 2019, Chopard and Starburst joined forces with Techstars to launch a joint venture accelerator for aerospace startups in Los Angeles [12]. November 2019, Starburst partnered with the United States Air Force to run the first Space Pitch day awarding $9M USD to 12 companies [13] Chopard speaks extensively about the aeropace and defence industry including a recent panel at the Global Aerospace Summit.[14]
Christian Louboutin[edit]
212box has been designing boutiques for Christian Louboutin since 2004. In 2003, Chopard was highly recommended to Louboutin by Diane von Furstenberg, inciting Louboutin to sign on with 212box almost immediately.[15] Since then, 212box has collaborated on nearly 50 Louboutin boutiques worldwide. Recent locations include Sydney, Brasilia, Dubai, Las Vegas, Paris, Seoul, Ho Chi Minh City, Shanghai, and Copenhagen.[16]
For the São Paulo boutique, Chopard took literally Louboutin’s desire to create a “new language” for the store's design, aiming to counteract the sense of placelessness that shopping malls usually conjure by tapping into the human relationship with language and symbol. Chopard covered the façade of the São Paulo store with more than 9,000 non-repeating wooden tiles containing letters from more than 28 world languages, as well as 400 symbols drawn by his twelve-year-old nephew.[17] Since the opening of the São Paulo store, these character tiles, which would come to be called CodeBox tiles, have become a signature aspect of 212box's design in Louboutin stores. The Dubai Mall Louboutin store, which opened in July 2011, features wall of ceramic CodeBox tiles containing hidden poems.[18] The Ho Chi Minh City boutique (opened in Fall 2011) contains CodeBox tiles of both wood and ceramic, and further language tiles made of backlit brass and etched with poetry by native Vietnamese poets.[19] As Interior Design notes, "a fondness for literature runs through the oeuvre of 212box."[20]
212box's Louboutin flagship store in Miami's Design District doubled as an art installation referencing the city's art culture. Wallpaper describes its exterior: "The outside wall planted with orchids, and inside multicoloured hosiery is strung up like an erotic spiderweb in an installation by artist Madeleine Berkhemer across the entrance hall. Here, one-way mirrors allow voyeurs to watch women try on the famous red-soled shoes as they lounge on luxurious patchwork furniture by Bokja."[21] The New York City showroom has garnered praise for "achieving authenticity and charm through the use of salvaged and collected materials," including wrought-iron gates, antique furniture, and stained glass panels.[22]
The "Mystery On Fifth Avenue" apartment[edit]
In 2004, Chopard and 212box took on the renovation of a 4,200-square-foot, 1920s co-op with views of Central Park, originally owned by Marjorie Merriweather Post and E.F. Hutton. The now-owners, Maureen Sherry and Steven Klinsky, are Wall Street financial experts and purchased the apartment in 2003 for $8.5 million. They hired Chopard to renovate, and as a surprise for the family's four young children, he built into the apartment an elaborate "scavenger hunt" comprising 18 clues implanted into the fabric of the rooms. The puzzles involve ciphers and riddles to secret compartments, a narrative tracing inspiration through 40 historical figures, and a soundtrack featuring original music by Canadian folk musicians Kate Fenner and Chris Brown.[23] J.J. Abrams paid six figures for the rights to a New York Times article about the apartment entitled "Mystery on Fifth Avenue."[24][25]
After Abrams bought the rights to the article, Chopard left him a response in the form of an encrypted message, which was meant to be pointed out to Abrams via another New York Times article, "Monumentally Mystifying: Power of Secrets Inspires Public Art".[26]
Personal life[edit]
Chopard is married to Canadian folk singer Kate Fenner[27] and has one son [28]
References[edit]
- ↑ "Francois Chopard". Techcrunch.
- ↑ "Biography: François Chopard". IDEA Conference. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved February 8, 2012. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Patrelle, Jeremy. "Francois Chopard, the Frenchy in the footsteps of Elon". GQ.
- ↑ Carr, C. "On Edge".
- ↑ "Starburst". Starburst.
- ↑ "Starburst Accelerator CEO See Beginning of a New Space Era". Bloomberg Technology.
- ↑ "Finding The Next Big Space Startup". Bloomberg Technlogy.
- ↑ "The Next Billion-Dollar Start Up Will Be In Aerospace". Techcrunch.
- ↑ . Crunchbase https://www.crunchbase.com/person/francois-chopard. Missing or empty
|title=(help) - ↑ . Starburst company website http://starburst.aero/accelerator-program/. Missing or empty
|title=(help) - ↑ . Cision PR Newswire https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/starburst-accelerator-launches-program-into-the-us-for-groundbreaking-innovation-in-aerospace-300159383.html. Missing or empty
|title=(help) - ↑ "Techstars and Starburst are launching a space industry accelerator in Los Angeles". Techcrunch.
- ↑ "Air Force awards $9 million on first Space Pitch Day San Francisco". Space News.
- ↑ "Global Aerospace Summit". Global Space Conference.
- ↑ Sokol, David. "Sex on Heels". Interior Design. Archived from the original on June 7, 2010. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "8/11: First Vietnam Christian Louboutin Store Opens in Ho Chi Minh City". Archinect. Retrieved August 1, 2011.
- ↑ Weinstein, Greg. "CHRISTIAN LOUBOUTIN|SAO PAULO". Culture Shoq. Archived from the original on April 12, 2009. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Proctor, Rebecca Anne. "Christian Louboutin Flagship Store Unveiled in Dubai Mall". Haute Living.
- ↑ "8/11: First Vietnam Christian Louboutin Store Opens in Ho Chi Minh City". Archinect. Retrieved August 1, 2011.
- ↑ Sokol, David. "Sex on Heels". Interior Design magazine. Archived from the original on June 7, 2010. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Christian Louboutin store, Miami". Wallpaper magazine.
- ↑ Young, Jemal. "212box Designs Christian Louboutin Showroom". Dossier Journal.
- ↑ Green, Penelope. "Mystery on Fifth Avenue". The New York Times.
- ↑ Seigel, Tatiana. "Paramount, Abrams keep house". Variety. Retrieved June 17, 2008.
- ↑ Reagan, Gillian. "J.J. Abrams to Produce NYT's Fifth Avenue Mystery". New York Observer. Archived from the original on June 24, 2008. Retrieved June 18, 2008. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Schwartz, John. "Monumentally Mystifying: Power of Secrets Inspires Public Art". New York Times.
- ↑ Green, Penelope. "Mystery on Fifth Avenue". The New York Times.
- ↑ Barclay, Michael. "Kate Fenner". Radio Free Canuckistan.
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