Philippe Courtot

Philippe Courtot is a serial entrepreneur and business executive.[1] Courtot is the chairman and CEO of Qualys, NASDAQ: QLYS a cloud security company based in California.[2] He has headed the sales of three companies and led two other to their initial public offerings.[3] Courtot is a five-time CEO that has previously worked with companies such as Signio and Verity.[4] In 2012, Courtot launched the Trustworthy Internet Movement, an initiative to integrate security measures into the product-making process.[5] In 2014, Courtot was included on Business Insider's list of the Most Powerful Person In Tech at Every Age.[6]

Philippe F. Courtot
Born (1944-08-26) August 26, 1944
France
NationalityFrench, American
OccupationChairman and CEO of Qualys

Early life and education

Philippe Courtot was born in France in 1944 during the end of the WWII German occupation. His mother, an immigrant from Spain, was a Spanish teacher while his father was a lawyer. Courtot was raised Catholic and attended Jesuit schools in his youth.[7]

Courtot attended the University of Paris and earned a master's degree in Physics before immigrating to the United States in 1981.[8]

Career

Courtot was previously the president and CEO of Thomson-CGR (Companie Générale de Radiologie) a Medical Corporation, which at the time was an affiliate of one of the world's largest medical-imaging companies.[9] In 1987, Courtot won the Benjamin Franklin Award for his efforts in creating a nationwide campaign advocating for awareness of the benefits of early detection of breast cancer through mammography.[9]

In 1988, Courtot started his own company and produced an email product called cc:Mail.[10] He became the company CEO and two years later, Microsoft offered to buy cc:Mail for $12 million.[10] Courtot turned down the offer and sold the company for $55 million in 1991 to Lotus.[3]

After selling cc:Mail, Courtot was later named president and CEO of Verity in 1993, an intellectual capital management and software company.[11][12] He led the company to its initial public offering in 1995 and then stepped down from his positions at Verity in 1997.[11]

Courtot was appointed chairman and CEO of Signio, an electronic payment company that Courtot re-positioned to be a large secure payment provider in the e-commerce industry in 1999.[13][14][15] In 2000, Courtot led the company through an acquisition by VeriSign, an internet security company that purchased Signio for $1.3 billion.[3][13][16]

Courtot had begun investing in Qualys, a cloud security company, back in 1999, but was named CEO in 2001 after he had left Signio.[4][17] In 2004, SC Magazine awarded Courtot with the Editor's Award for his efforts in the network security industry and for founding CSO Interchange, a forum that allows users to share information in the security industry.[18][19] In 2011, SC Magazine named him as CEO of the Year at their European awards ceremony.[20] Courtot led Qualys to its initial public offering in 2012.[1][21]

Other activities

Courtot has volunteered with and served on the Board of Trustees for The Internet Society, an international non-profit organization.[22][23]

See also

References
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  2. GRACE NASRI (9 May 2013). "8 SUCCESSFUL ENTREPRENEURS GIVE THEIR YOUNGER SELVES LESSONS THEY WISH THEY'D KNOWN THEN". FastCompany. Retrieved 12 October 2014.
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  5. Meghan Kelly (1 March 2012). "Qualys CEO creates security non-profit to fix the Internet". VentureBeat. Retrieved 12 October 2014.
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  8. "Big Data: Big Threat or Big Opportunity for Security?". RSA Conference. 4 October 2012. Retrieved 12 October 2014.
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  12. "Verity Inc. Decides to Meet Its Destiny". Washington Technology. 13 July 1995. Retrieved 12 October 2014.
  13. "The end is nigh". BQ Magazine. 24 Apr 2012. Retrieved 12 October 2014.
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  16. Clint Boulton (20 December 1999). "VeriSign Secures Signio, Thawte Consulting". Internet News. Retrieved 12 October 2014.
  17. Steve Johnson (17 August 2013). "Qualys CEO Philippe Courtot talks cloud security". Mercury News. Retrieved 12 October 2014.
  18. "Management". Qualys. Retrieved 12 October 2014.
  19. Illena Armstrong (8 March 2013). "Sponsored video: Philippe Courtot, chairman and CEO of Qualys, at RSA Conference 2013". SC Magazine. Retrieved 12 October 2014.
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  21. Julie Bort (28 June 2014). "Another 60+ Year-Old Tech CEO Changes His Mind And Won't Retire". Business Insider. Retrieved 12 October 2014.
  22. Julie Bort (7 March 2012). "This CEO Just Spent A Half Million Of His Own Money To Make The Internet Safer". Business Insider. Retrieved 12 October 2014.
  23. "Board of Directors". StopBadware. Retrieved 12 October 2014.
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