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Philippe Courtot

Former Chairman & CEO, Qualys. On 1 show, 1 appearance. The Shows tab opens the full record on each.

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Philippe Courtot was a French-American entrepreneur and executive best known as the longtime Chairman and CEO of cybersecurity company Qualys. He previously led cc:Mail, Verity, and Signio as chief executive.

What they said9 Shows1

Everything Philippe Courtot said on any show that made the record, most notable first. Each card names its show and opens the statement there.

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Courtot: I invested $25 million of my own money into Qualys

“Put about twenty five million dollars.”

Philippe Courtot Feb 23, 2018 ▶ 8:48 944 Why He IPO'd CyberSecurity Company and How He Did $230m in 2017 Revenue

TOP FOUNDERS Assertion Partly supported

Courtot: Qualys counts 40% of Fortune 1000 as customers

“And about 40% of the Fortune 1000 and 25% of the Forbes Global 2000.”

Philippe Courtot Feb 23, 2018 ▶ 1:46 944 Why He IPO'd CyberSecurity Company and How He Did $230m in 2017 Revenue

TOP FOUNDERS Assertion Supported

Courtot: Qualys serves around 10,000 customers across 106 countries

“We work around 10,000. Okay. And in, in 106 countries.”

Philippe Courtot Feb 23, 2018 ▶ 1:56 944 Why He IPO'd CyberSecurity Company and How He Did $230m in 2017 Revenue

TOP FOUNDERS Assertion Not checkable as stated

Courtot: Qualys ACVs span from $5K for SMBs to $100K+ for enterprise

“So I would say the average of the enterprise will be above a 100,000 dollars a year. On the SME, it will be around 50,000 dollars a year. And on the small businesses will be more like, you know, 5000 dollars a year.”

Philippe Courtot Feb 23, 2018 ▶ 3:29 944 Why He IPO'd CyberSecurity Company and How He Did $230m in 2017 Revenue

TOP FOUNDERS Assertion Supported

Qualys raised $65M pre-IPO and just under $100M at IPO

“So we raised sixty five million dollars and before the IPO and at the IPO, we raised about a bit less than a hundred million dollars.”

Philippe Courtot Feb 23, 2018 ▶ 6:00 944 Why He IPO'd CyberSecurity Company and How He Did $230m in 2017 Revenue

TOP FOUNDERS Assertion Supported

Courtot: Qualys has nearly $300M in cash and is very profitable

“More than close to three hundred million dollar cash. So we're a very, very profitable company, very stable company, growing well, and with a large global customer base.”

Philippe Courtot Feb 23, 2018 ▶ 6:13 944 Why He IPO'd CyberSecurity Company and How He Did $230m in 2017 Revenue

TOP FOUNDERS Prediction Held up

Courtot: Qualys expects around $230 million in revenue for 2017

“Oh, no no, our guidance our guidance is around two hundred and thirty million dollars.”

Philippe Courtot Feb 23, 2018 ▶ 7:01 944 Why He IPO'd CyberSecurity Company and How He Did $230m in 2017 Revenue

TOP FOUNDERS Disclosure

Courtot: Qualys actively targets smaller, engineering-focused cybersecurity firms

“We have already started. We didn't want to do that early on until we had enough build of the backend because it's all about the architecture. So, but now we've already started. We're quite a small company in India, Navis. And we are looking now much more activ…”

Philippe Courtot Feb 23, 2018 ▶ 12:18 944 Why He IPO'd CyberSecurity Company and How He Did $230m in 2017 Revenue

TOP FOUNDERS Assertion Not checkable as stated

Courtot: Qualys retains 95% of enterprise clients and 85% of SMBs

“We have very good retention rates and much more on the, of course, the enterprise is more sticky than the SMB, but we're on the 95% on the enterprise and about in the 85% on the on the SMB.”

Philippe Courtot Feb 23, 2018 ▶ 13:59 944 Why He IPO'd CyberSecurity Company and How He Did $230m in 2017 Revenue

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Show	Role there	Eps	Statements	Record
TOP FOUNDERSLEDGER	Former Chairman & CEO, Qualys	1	9	80% 4/5	full record on Top Founders →