Jacques-antoine Granjon

Biography

  Jacques-Antoine GRANJON is a graduate of the European Business School in Paris. After completing his studies, his entrepreneurial spirit led him and a friend to found Cofotex SA in 1985, which specialized in wholesale close-outs. In 1996, Jacques-Antoine GRANJON purchased the former printing plants of Le Monde newspaper, which were being sold as part of an urban renewal program for La Plaine-Saint-Denis (93), and there he established the headquarters of Oredis group. Jacques-Antoine GRANJON came up with a completely innovative concept: a web platform dedicated to private sales of brand name products at deeply discounted prices. In January 2001, he and his partners launched vente-privee.com in France. He thus took his experience in drawing down inventories of close-outs from leading fashion and home furnishing brands to the Internet by applying a dual approach: event-based and exclusive, while always emphasizing customer satisfaction. vente-privee.com was built in the image of its founder as a model corporate citizen promoting responsible growth, training and employability and a social conscience. In 2011, Jacques-Antoine GRANJON partnered with Xavier NIEL and Marc SIMONCINI to create the école Européenne des Métiers de l’Internet.     Jacques-Antoine GRANJON is a graduate of the European Business School in Paris. After completing his studies, his entrepreneurial spirit led him and a friend to found Cofotex SA in 1985, which specialized in wholesale close-outs. In 1996, Jacques-Antoine GRANJON purchased the former printing plants of Le Monde newspaper, which were being sold as part of an urban renewal program for La Plaine-Saint-Denis (93), and there he established the headquarters of Oredis group. Jacques-Antoine GRANJON came up with a completely innovative concept: a web platform dedicated to private sales of brand name products at deeply discounted prices. In January 2001, he and his partners launched vente-privee.com in France. He thus took his experience in drawing down inventories of close-outs from leading fashion and home furnishing brands to the Internet by applying a dual approach: event-based and exclusive, while always emphasizing customer satisfaction. vente-privee.com was built in the image of its founder as a model corporate citizen promoting responsible growth, training and employability and a social conscience. In 2011, Jacques-Antoine GRANJON partnered with Xavier NIEL and Marc SIMONCINI to create the école Européenne des Métiers de l’Internet.  

Research Interest

  Jacques-Antoine GRANJON is a graduate of the European Business School in Paris. After completing his studies, his entrepreneurial spirit led him and a friend to found Cofotex SA in 1985, which specialized in wholesale close-outs. In 1996, Jacques-Antoine GRANJON purchased the former printing plants of Le Monde newspaper, which were being sold as part of an urban renewal program for La Plaine-Saint-Denis (93), and there he established the headquarters of Oredis group. Jacques-Antoine GRANJON came up with a completely innovative concept: a web platform dedicated to private sales of brand name products at deeply discounted prices. In January 2001, he and his partners launched vente-privee.com in France. He thus took his experience in drawing down inventories of close-outs from leading fashion and home furnishing brands to the Internet by applying a dual approach: event-based and exclusive, while always emphasizing customer satisfaction. vente-privee.com was built in the image of its founder as a model corporate citizen promoting responsible growth, training and employability and a social conscience. In 2011, Jacques-Antoine GRANJON partnered with Xavier NIEL and Marc SIMONCINI to create the école Européenne des Métiers de l’Internet.