Bernard Liautaud

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This article may not meet the general notability guideline or one of the following specific guidelines for inclusion on Wikipedia: Biographies, Books, Companies, Fiction, Music, Neologisms, Numbers, Web content, or several proposals for new guidelines. If you are familiar with the subject matter, please expand or rewrite the article to establish its notability. The best way to address this concern is to reference published, third-party sources about the subject. If notability cannot be established, the article is more likely to be considered for redirection, merge or ultimately deletion, per Wikipedia:Guide to deletion.
This article has been tagged since January 2008.
This article may require cleanup to meet Wikipedia's quality standards.
Please improve this article if you can. (August 2006)

Bernard Liautaud is chairman and chief strategy officer of Business Objects.

Liautaud cofounded Business Objects in 1990 and was chief executive officer until September 2005. He took the company public on NASDAQ in September 1994, making it the first French software company listed in the United States. Since that time, Liautaud lead Business Objects through 12 successful years of growth and profitability, making the company one of the 25 largest software companies in the world and the clear leader in the business intelligence market.

Liautaud's key accomplishments include:

  • Time Magazine Europe's Digital Top 25 of 2002
  • BusinessWeek Europe Stars of Europe of 2002
  • One of the Top 10 CEOs in North America by Chief Executive Magazine in 2001
  • Author of the popular business book, e-Business Intelligence: Turning Information Into Knowledge Into Profit. The book was translated into nine languages and sold more than 50,000 copies worldwide

Prior to Business Objects, Liautaud served as marketing manager for Oracle in France. Previously he was the deputy science attaché for the French Embassy in Washington, D.C. Liautaud has a master's degree in engineering from École Centrale (France) and a master's degree in engineering management from Stanford University.

Languages