Bio

As Senior Partner of XPND Capital since 2011, an investment fund for companies in the transportation, technology, media, and entertainment sector, with nearly $ 100 million, Alexandre Taillefer is a serial entrepreneur that became known publicly thanks to his participation on the television show « Dans l’Oeil du Dragon ». At the age of 21, he founded Intellia (1993), which further became Nurun, an interactive agency owned by Publicis. In 2001, he founded Hexacto, which within two years became a world leader in mobile gaming and was bought by Jamdat Mobile and later by Electronic Arts. In 2007, he co-founded Stingray Digital, a public company that broadcasts music daily in more than 100 million households around the world. He founded Téo in 2015, an all-electric taxi company that revolutionized the industry. He chairs on numerous boards including GSM Project, IPerceptions, Communications Voir and Lion Buses. A tireless advocate of culture, he was a member of the board of directors of the Opéra de Montréal from 1996 to 2012. He is chairman of the Steering Committee of Montréal, Cultural Metropolis. Since 2012, he has been Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Montreal Museum of Contemporary Art, which has since undergone a major revitalization. He also pens a socially engaged column for the newly revamped monthly publication Voir and does not hesitate to share his ideas and his passion as a speaker.