Jean-Louis Bouchard

Jean-Louis Bouchard is founder, Chairman and CEO of Econocom Group

After starting his career with IBM in Europe and the United States, Jean-Louis Bouchard laid the foundations of the group in France in 1973 under the name Europe Computer Systems (ECS). After acquiring Econocoman American company in 1984, he combined ECS’s international subsidiaries and renamed the new entity Econocom.

Jean-Louis Bouchard, who was chosen Entrepreneur of the Year by “Challenges” magazine in 1987, was quick to spot the changes that IT would bring to the daily lives of companies, institutions, and users.

Driven by its external growth strategy, the group has expanded rapidly. The key to its success has been its ability to anticipate the convergence between IT and telecoms, and then the need to offer its customers financing solutions to enable them to transform their companies.

In 2013, Econocom acquired the Osiatis Group, which enabled it to make significant progress in the field of digital services. Econocom places users at the center of the digital transformation by offering them beneficial technologies and solutions.

Jean-Louis Bouchard studied at the Prytanée national military school in La Flèche, attended the Ecole Nationale Supérieure du Génie Maritime Naval Engineering Academy and became a naval architect. He was the key player in the integration of Les Abeilles into the Econocom Group in early 2020.