Dear all,
Most people still assume that The Family is a Paris-based firm. But while we prefer to present ourselves as a pan-European entity, we could just as well be described as a London-based firm.
After all, the parent of our entire group is a UK-based limited company. Two of The Family’s cofounders (out of three) reside in London—that’s Oussama Ammar and me. We have a superb team in the UK, with Naim Taleb-Dumortier, Pietro Invernizzi, and Mathias Pastor, who will soon be joining The Family as a director. And we’re currently hunting for a new, larger office to double down on organizing events and reaching out to the UK entrepreneurial community.
Your question may be, “You’re French. Why London?”. In a , I explained why my cofounders and I decided back in 2015 (less than two years after we started The Family) that it was critical to expand beyond the French market. The factors that specifically attracted us to London were the following:
First of all, we have many friends in London, not…