“I’m not fun.”Here’s what Xavier Niel definitely is: a telecoms magnate worth $6.7 billion, and the 8th-richest person in France. Station F covers an area the size of six American football fields and has 1,000 startups working under one roof. In the 1980s, France already had the ingredients to become a tech entrepreneur’s mecca, including the internet before anyone else. Lead partner Jean de la Rochebrochard only sees Niel in the flesh about once or twice a year, but the billionaire is “extremely responsive,” he says. The pair arrived back at Kima’s office and de la Rochebrochard realised he’d never sent the billionaire a report about the performance of his own venture fund.

Source: Forbes May 11, 2018 11:10 UTC