Xavier is a young French guy like anyone else when at 15 years old, he received his first computer and decided to look a little bit more into his Christmas gift.<\/p>\n
2 years later, he creates one of the first Minitel<\/strong>, a French ancestor of Internet. Then, he develops the so-called system of the \u201cMinitel Rose\u201d<\/strong> (literally, Pink Minitel). At 24 years old he is now a millionaire.<\/p>\n With the arrival of the internet<\/strong> and his understanding of communication networks, he invests in one of the first Internet Providers, WorldNet<\/strong>. A few years later, he sells his shares and creates his own Internet provider service called Free<\/strong>. In 2002, he is the 1st<\/sup> French person to offer a \u201cbox\u201d<\/strong> joining Internet, Phone and Television in one offer. He is also the 1st<\/sup> to offer unlimited plans for 30 euros per month and revolutionized the industry forcing the competition to lower their prices.<\/strong><\/p>\n In 2012, he gets himself and Free onto the Mobile Communications market with the same concept. \u00a0An offer that defies all competition<\/strong>. 2 plans at 2 and 20 euros with unlimited calls and texts and many gigs of data. In 2 months, more than 2 million people get a plan with Free Mobile. Once again, Niel is the reason for the competition to react<\/strong> and lower their prices and give better offers.<\/p>\n Since the arrival of the Internet, Niel has always been a few steps ahead of the competition<\/strong> and he is at the origin of one of the most significant advances in terms of Communication in France.<\/p>\n Parallel to that, he also invested a lot in numerous Start-up companies, creating by himself a huge Business incubator<\/strong> for new entrepreneurs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Xavier is a young French guy like anyone else when at 15 years old, he received his first computer and decided to look a little bit more into his Christmas gift. 2 years later, he creates one of the first Minitel, a French ancestor of Internet. 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