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Stanislas Niox-Chateau

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Stanislas Niox-Chateau
Born (1987-01-01) 1 January 1987 (age 37)
Paris, France
Alma materHEC Paris
Occupation(s)Founder and CEO of Doctolib

Stanislas Niox-Chateau, born in 1987 in Paris, is a French entrepreneur. He is the co-founder and CEO of the start-up Doctolib since 2013.[1]

Biography

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He was born in 1987 in Paris 18th to a mother who was a kindergarten teacher and a father who was a computer scientist. He then grew up in Boulogne-Billancourt. Following sports-study training since elementary school, he played tennis at a high level at a young age. From the generation of Gaël Monfils and Jérémy Chardy against whom he played, he is a six-time junior champion of Paris and notably won the International Youth Tennis Open at the age of 12 in 1999.[2] He then trained several hours a day and aspired to become a professional tennis player. However, a serious back injury forced him to stop at the age of 17.[3]

He obtained a Baccalauréat with first class honors then did a preparatory class at the Lycée Saint-Louis and joined HEC Paris in 2006, where he became vice-president of the Junior enterprise. He suffered from a severe stutter in his youth but eventually managed to overcome it.[4]

In 2010, after his business school, he joined the Otium Capital fund and participated in the advice of the start-up La Fourchette, a restaurant reservation platform then bought by Tripadvisor.In 2013, with Jessy Bernal, Ivan Schneider and Steve Abou Rjeily, he co-founded the startup Doctolib. It is supported at the launch by Antoine Freysz, Maxime Forgeot and Olivier Occelli. He and Antoine Freysz had previously launched Otium Capital.[5]

In 2019, following a fundraising of $150 million, Doctolib became a unicorn thanks to its valuation exceeding $1 billion.[6]

From 2020 and during the COVID-19 pandemic, during which his platform became a major logistical tool, he spoke weekly with the Minister of Health Olivier Véran and the Secretary of State in charge of the Digital Transition Cédric O He also made numerous media appearances during this period. However, he is criticized for his data storage model and accused of having transmitted user data to Facebook or Outbrain, which he refutes.[7]

Private life

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His fortune being estimated by Challenges at 500 million euros, he aims with his wife to create a foundation intended for the education and health of children.[8]

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