Challenges and opportunities of
technology in society
Next event: LIFT Asia, 4-5 September 2008
Laurent Gil is Chief Financial Officer for Viewdle, Inc. where he is responsible for raising capital, investor relations and overall business strategy. Previously, Laurent was a senior investment banker that held various positions in corporate finance and capital markets at the French investment bank Credit Agricole, with assignments in New York, Tokyo and Paris. During his MBA at Wharton, Laurent co-founded a boutique investment bank boutique in Brazil that completed several large transactions in the telecom sector in Latin America. Laurent co-founded and was CFO of TAHO, a wireless internet service provider in Rio de Janeiro. The company raised US$ 10MM in 2001 and launched a service of broadband wireless internet in communities in the state of Rio de Janeiro. Laurent has also run a successful oil and gas exploration company, which was recently sold under his watch.
Laurent is a Summa Cum Laude graduate from The University of Bordeaux in France with a B.S. in Mathematics, Physics and computer science; he holds a Master of Science degree in signal processing from the French graduate engineering school Supélec, a post-graduate degree in management from the Collège des Ingénieurs in Paris, France and an MBA from the Wharton School of Business, Philadelphia, USA (2003).