Oleg Tscheltzoff

Oleg Tscheltzoff

Founder/ CEO at Fotolia.com

TED Attendee
Paris, France
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About Oleg

Bio

CEO and Co-Founder of Fotolia.com (New York) Oleg is not just one of Europe's top serial internet entrepreneurs but also a successful angel investor, board member, serious innovator, provocateur, disruptor, and connector. As an entrepreneur, Oleg Tscheltzoff has leveraged a global vision and knowledge of international business, management and marketing to develop successful online businesses. In November 2004 Oleg co-founded Fotolia.com, the first global online social marketplace for creative digital stock images in 12 languages, where photographers and designers of all levels can store, share and monetize their photographs and illustrations. As president, he led the company from inception to its rapid rise to the world’s largest microstock photography site. Prior to Fotolia, Oleg co-founded Amen in 1999, the leading Internet hosting company in France, which was sold in 2004 to Vianetworks (NASDAC Symbol VNWIE). Oleg is a serial entrepreneur and an active angel investor with over 40 investments in startups such as kwaga.com (writethat.name), fab.com, leetchi.com, mindsnacks.com, iadvize.com, socloz.com, capitainetrain.com, moodstocks.com, alittlemarket.com, assuredlabor.com, captalis.com, beyondtherack.com, tuto.com birchbox.com, amongst others. He graduated with an MS from ENSIEG in Grenoble, France and an MBA from HEC Paris. He is fluent in French, English and Russian.

I'm passionate about

Internet, Entrepreneurship, Food, Photography, Fashion, Design , Yachts, Travel

Areas of expertise

Internet