Olivier Simonis
๐ค SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
And then you and your, yeah, we, we have one kind of friend and family first, our business angel, uh, and then the, the, the investor who joined us for the series, uh, a.
They own around 30% of the company.
It's a rather simple category.
So you and your co-founder still own about 55% of the company?
You're good at math, Nathan.
Well, that's good.
I'm curious.
How do you go about finding a CEO to replace yourself here?
Well, no, that's a very good question.
And for me, that's a great story because the CEO who is going to be the full CEO from next month has actually joined the company seven years ago.
So he joined the company first as a sales guy in Belgium and then he became kind of the country manager there.
a sales country manager in Belgium.
Then he became the head of sales.
Then he became the COO.
And since January, we are both co-CEOs.
So it's really someone that knows the product, knows the company, is fully involved
align with the values, live the values.
I mean, and I think it's a great key to success is to have someone that is completely aligned with your objective, with your values.
There's no bad surprise to expect.
He's highly respected by the rest of the team.