Bruno Bonnell

Bruno Bonnell is one of the founders of Infogrames Entertainment SA. A qualified chemical engineer, Bonnell received a degree in economics at the Université Paris IX. He began his long career on the Thomson TO7, one of the earliest French-produced home computers, before founding Infogrames (today Atari) in June 1983 at the age of 25 with Christophe Sapet and Thomas Schmider. He has been chairman and chief creative officer of the company from 1983 to the present day. He was also chief executive officer of the company – a position he has held since 1983 until a stockholder vote in 2003 showed a lack of confidence in Bonnell’s management of the company’s debts. He stepped down as CEO (while retaining his other two positions) in 2004 to be replaced by James Caparro, although he took up the position again on a temporary basis when Caparro resigned in June 2005. On September 5, 2006, David Pierce was appointed as new CEO of Atari. [1] Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Infogrames Entertainment SA (IESA) is an international holding company headquartered in Premier Marche, France. ... In the field of engineering, a chemical engineer is one who applies and uses principles of chemical engineering in any of various practical applications; primarily with respect to the study of the design, manufacture, and operation of plant and machinery in industrial chemical processes. ... This article concerns the media and entertainment company. ... Infogrames Entertainment SA (IESA) is an international holding company headquartered in Lyon, France. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... 1983 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A Chairman is the presiding officer of a meeting, organization, committee, or other deliberative body. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... A Chief Executive Officer (CEO), or Chief Executive, is the highest-ranking corporate officer, administrator, corporate administrator, executive, or executive officer, in charge of total management of a corporation, company, organization or agency. ... September 5 is the 248th day of the year (249th in leap years). ... For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ... David Pierce is the CEO of Atari, Inc. ...

In 1995, Bonnell was elected president of the Syndicat des Editeurs de Logiciels de Loisirs (SELL), a French games developers' association.

He has worked together with French broadcaster Canal Plus to create the television channel Game One, which was specifically aimed at a gaming audience. Intended as a European channel, Game One has however only been broadcast in the French language. The title of this article is incorrect due to technical limitations. ... French (français, langue française) is one of the most important Romance languages, outnumbered in speakers only by Spanish and Portuguese. ...

Bonnell is known for spearheading many of the takeovers of many smaller (and a few larger) development studios over the 1980s and 1990s, most notably British development house Ocean Software and Atari, as well as GT Interactive, Accolade, Gremlin Graphics and Legend. All of these companies were integrated into the Infogrames infrastructure with most of the brand names completely disappearing, with one exception – Atari, which Bonnell felt was far too valuable a brand name to simply disintegrate into the Infogrames name. It was for this reason that Infogrames began using the Atari brand on games published around Christmas release 2001 and was renamed to Atari, Inc. in the US in the year 2003. The familiar Ocean logotype had an often prominent placement on the box art and is recognized by many people. ... GT Interactive was a video game developer founded in 1993 and headquartered in New York City. ... Accolade was a video game developer and publisher of the 1980s and 1990s. ... Gremlin Interactive was a British software house based in Sheffield and working mostly on the personal computer and Amiga market. ...

Beyond his involvement in Infogrames/Atari, Bonnell is also a shareholder in Lyon's soccer team : the Olympique Lyonnais. City flag City coat of arms Motto: (Franco-Provençal: Forward, forward, Lyon the best) Location Coordinates Time Zone CET (GMT +1) Administration Country France Region Rhône-Alpes Department Rhône (69) Subdivisions 9 arrondissements Intercommunality Urban Community of Lyon Mayor Gérard Collomb  (PS) (since 2001) City Statistics... Olympique Lyonnais (popularly known as OL, or simply Lyon) is a French football club based in Lyon. ...

Bruno currently receives $250,000.00 for his apartment, and private jet usage from Atari.

External links

• Bruno Bonnell's profile at MobyGames