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French systems analyst and internet personality (1945–2025)
Jean-Michel Billaut
Billaut in 2010
Born(1945-04-29)29 April 1945
Died11 January 2025(2025-01-11) (aged 79)
Occupation(s)Systems analyst
Internet personality

Jean-Michel Billaut (29 April 1945 – 11 January 2025) was a French systems analyst and internet personality.

Life and career

Born on 29 April 1945, Billaut was working as an analyst for Compagnie bancaire [fr] when he borrowed a Minitel from the Direction générale des Télécommunications [fr]. In 1978, he created the Atelier Compagnie bancaire, a system for monitoring technology intelligence and analysis of emerging technologies. In 1983, Cetelem began using the Minitel and six years later Billaut's system accounted for 35% of the market for payments using the device. The system later became known as L'Atelier BNP Paribas, and it established itself in the United States in 2007 and launched a website dedicated to technology news.

Billaut helped launch numerous websites in the 1990s and was nicknamed an internet "guru". Wired magazine wrote an extensive article on him in 2000, calling him an "e-grandpa". In the early 2000s, he became an advocate of the rapid development of high-speed internet access, predicting that countries would gained notoriety for their bandwith speeds. In 2000, he was named a Knight of the Legion of Honour. He also gained fame from his blog billautshows, where he published interviews with French internet personalities. In October 2011, he received a Hub Award at the annual Hub Forum. For several years, he participated in conferences on the digital economy, notably taking part in the Canal+ forumThe end of work: how digital will change everything by 2050". In 2016, he took part in the LaPrimaire.org [fr] primary, which sought to nominate a candidate for the 2017 French presidential election, placing 10th.

Billaut died on 11 January 2025, at the age of 79.

References

  1. Fleureau, Guillaume (13 January 2025). "Jean-Michel Billaut, pionnier de l'internet qui a façonné le numérique en France, nous a quittés le 11 janvier 2025". Siècle Digital (in French). Retrieved 17 January 2025.
  2. "Jean-Michel Billaut : « Les robots arrivent et ça va faire mal »". Les rendez-vous du Futur (in French). 8 November 2016. Archived from the original on 10 January 2018. Retrieved 17 January 2025.
  3. "1ère édition des ACSEL du numérique 2010: RATP, VENTE-PRIVEE.COM, AIDERDONNER Jean Michel Billaut, le grand prix du jury" (PDF). L'association de l'économie numérique (in French). Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 April 2012.
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  6. "L'Atelier BNP Paribas s'implante aux USA et lance son site Web dédié à l'actualité des nouvelles technologies". BNP Paribas (in French). San Francisco. 5 April 2007. Retrieved 17 January 2025.
  7. "Idées : le gourou le plus stimulant". Le Journal du Net (in French). Archived from the original on 28 November 1999.
  8. Dickey, Christopher (1 June 2000). "GO TO: Paris". Wired. Retrieved 17 January 2025.
  9. Janvier-Godat, Sophie (30 November 2001). "Jean-Michel Billaut, la fibre du haut débit". 01net (in French). Retrieved 17 January 2025.
  10. "Décret du 30 décembre 2000 portant promotion et nomination". Journal officiel de la République française (in French). 2 January 2001. Retrieved 17 January 2025.
  11. "Accueil". Jean Michel Billaut (in French).
  12. "Hub Awards Paris 2011". Hub Forum (in French). Archived from the original on 1 August 2012.
  13. "Jean-Michel Billaut : "Comment le numérique va tout changer d'ici 2050"". YouTube (in French). 4 November 2015.
  14. "Jean-Michel Billaut". LaPrimaire.org (in French).
  15. Leroy, Philippe (15 January 2025). "Hommage à Jean-Michel Billaut, pionnier de l'Internet en France". Silicon.fr (in French). Retrieved 17 January 2025.
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