Jean-Pierre Aguilar
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Jean-Pierre Aguilar, born in 1960 and died 4 July 2009, was a French entrepreneur
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of HEC, Jean-Pierre Aguilar founded the finance software company "Ubitrade" in 1988, the hedge fund
Capital Fund Management
(CFM) in 1991 and a research society Science & Finance en 1994. He merged Science & Finance with CFM
and sold Ubitrade to GL Trade
in 2004.
Entrepreneur
An entrepreneur is an owner or manager of a business enterprise who makes money through risk and initiative.The term was originally a loanword from French and was first defined by the Irish-French economist Richard Cantillon. Entrepreneur in English is a term applied to a person who is willing to...
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AlumnusAlumnus
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of HEC, Jean-Pierre Aguilar founded the finance software company "Ubitrade" in 1988, the hedge fund
Hedge fund
A hedge fund is a private pool of capital actively managed by an investment adviser. Hedge funds are only open for investment to a limited number of accredited or qualified investors who meet criteria set by regulators. These investors can be institutions, such as pension funds, university...
Capital Fund Management
Capital Fund Management
Capital Fund Management is a hedge fund management company based in Paris with offices in New York and Tokyo. Founded in 1991 by Jean-Pierre Aguilar, CFM merged in 2000 with Science & Finance the research company founded in 1994 by Jean-Philippe Bouchaud...
(CFM) in 1991 and a research society Science & Finance en 1994. He merged Science & Finance with CFM
CFM
CFM is an abbreviation for cubic feet per minute which is a measure of flow for liquids and gases, like air or water. CFM may also refer to:*Calea Ferată din Moldova, the Moldovan State Railway...
and sold Ubitrade to GL Trade
GL Trade
GL Trade was a French provider of financial order management and trading systems that covered front office, middle office and back office used by international financial institutions...
in 2004.