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The 2014 Wired 100
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French digital businessman Xavier Niel, left, and his companion Delphine Arnault during the Legion of Honour ceremony at the Elysee Palace in Paris, Friday, April 21, 2017. French President Francois Hollande presented
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What's Driving Xavier Niel, France's Mercurial Tech Billionaire? - Worldcrunch
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French Engineers and Entrepreneurship: It's Complicated, by Nicolas Colin
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Xavier Niel Was a French Tech Darling. Now His Customers Are Leaving. - Bloomberg
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Israel's Hot Telecom in Talks to Pay at Least $124m for Golan Telecom - Business
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Paris is for lovers… of startups
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French Group Mediawan Buys Brad Pitt
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The Cutthroat Battle for Controlling Le Monde, by Frederic Filloux