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PROFILE
Fabien Pinckaers
$2.1B
Real Time Net Worth
as of 5/28/24
#1600 in the world todayReflects change since 5 pm ET of prior trading day.
Photo by LAURIE DIEFFEMBACQ/BELGA MAG/AFP/GETTY IMAGES
About Fabien Pinckaers
- Fabien Pinckaers created Odoo, his second company, when he was a 22-year-old student who needed a software to manage the flow of beer kegs in a student party room on campus.
- Odoo operates in more than 10 countries including the U.S and Dubai, had revenue of over 240 million euros in 2022 and has more than 7 million users.
- Pinckaers read his first book on Toyota's business management at 13 years old and didn't use internet until he was at university.
- He developed his first business management software at 13 and sold it to the Belgian Writers' Association and to green transports.
- Tech entrepreneur and fellow billionaire Xaviel Niel owns a minority stake in Odoo.
Forbes Lists
#1545
Personal Stats
- Age
- 45
- Source of Wealth
- Software, Self Made
- Residence
- Saint-Denis-Bovesse, Belgium
- Citizenship
- Belgium
- Marital Status
- Married
- Children
- 2
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