Marc SIMONCINI is the 46 year-old CEO and founder of MEETIC, and an ESI graduate. He initially founded the Opsion Innovation IT Services company in 1989, which specialised in developing interactive solutions under UNIX. In 1998, he launched the ifrance network in France, Switzerland, Quebec and Belgium successively, selling this network to Vivendi in April 2000 for 192M€. He then intervened as an advisor and business angel in various start-ups (Millemerci) before setting off on a totally new adventure, setting up MEETIC in January 2002. Seven years after its commercial launch, MEETIC has established itself as the European leader in online dating. Since 2008, Meetic manages two dating and matchmaking services, mainly around the Meetic and Meetic Affinity brands and markets two highly complementary economic models on the dating and matchmaking markets. By acquiring the European activities of world leader Match.com