ZTP services - Ze 12th Player. Balderton Capital. Page d'accueil | Impala. L'Afic crée un club pour les fonds d'entrepreneurs. Capital Croissance | Investissement et accompagnement. Breega. FA DIESE 2. Team | Kima Ventures. Co-founder Xavier Niel is the majority shareholder and the historic leader of the Iliad Group. A self-taught entrepreneur, he has been a player in the telematics, Internet and telecommunications industries since the late 1980s. In 1993, he notably co-founded Worldnet, the leading Internet access provider in France before devoting himself fully to the development of the Iliad Group where he launched 3617 ANNU, the first reverse directory service on Minitel in 1996 and Free, the first free access provider in France in 1999. In 2002, Xavier Niel created the Freebox, the first multi-service set-top box providing access to « triple play » (internet-phone-TV) in the home. Since January 2012, Free has brought mobile phone usage within everyone’s reach with straightforward, no-contract offerings at very attractive prices.
Free has over 5.7 million broadband subscribers and over 9 million mobile subscribers (as at June 30, 2014) Xavier Niel is based in Paris, France. Jaïna Capital. Home - CapHorn Invest. Capital Croissance | Investissement et accompagnement. Le fonds d’investissement des entrepreneurs internet. Eefficiency, Fonds d'entrepreneurs dédiés aux start-up Internet.