Xavier Niel, a French entrepreneur and business magnate, has a net worth of $8.1 billion dollars.
Xavier Niel, a French native, started his tech career in high school and sold his first technology company, Minitel, which was an online sex chat site, at the age of nineteen.
He invested in World-Net, the initial internet service provider in France.
He created a highly profitable reverse directory service for Iliad, a French company, and later launched Free internet service provider. Free was the first company in France to offer a triple-play multi-service box and offer the lowest internet service prices.
Mr. Free’s wealth and Iliad’s 63% ownership made him wealthy.
Kima Ventures, an angel investor company founded by Niel in 2010, has invested in more than 130 companies.
Xavier Niel: One of the richest internet entrepreneurs in the world!