Alexandre Mars is a French entrepreneur, philanthropist, and author. He is an ambassador and board member of the 2024 Summer Olympics.
Biography
Education
Alexandre Mars attended the lycée Florent Schmitt, before continuing his university studies at the Paris Nanterre University, the Paris Dauphine University and HEC.
Professional activities
In 1992, at the age of 17, Mars 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