Stephan Ramoin

Stephan Ramoin is the CEO and President of Gandi

Born in Nice in 1971, Stephan Ramoin, graduated from Paris XII University, France with a Masters Degree in Marketing and Management.

In 1995, he began his professional career as Key Export Areas Sales Manager at VIVENDI UNIVERSAL PUBLISHING GROUP. At that time, he assumed the development of over 100 publishers including Larousse, Nathan, Bordas, Pocket, and Laffont for the French market. He played an essential role within the company as Indian Ocean and Maghreb Sales Director, and strongly contributed to introducing and developing multimedia products sales (Video Games and educational CD-Roms), specifically in Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, West Africa, and French Reunion Island.

In 2000, Ramoin joined the French start-up MULTIMANIA S.A, as Partnerships Director. Once LYCOS Europe Gmbh acquired Multimania, he then contributed to the restructuring of the BU’s organization. In 2001, he assumed the role of Director of Product Management within the Hosting Product Department, creating the first paying services within the company, and created ‘Reach with Free Products’. He rapidly acquired a solid knowledge of the industry, and with his oversight, LYCOS Europe succeeded in the acquisition of United Domain AG in 2003 and its conversion to Secure Domain Name, a strategic product. Then, following promotion to European Managing Director of the Hosting Services BU, he created the Lycos Customer Care Center to focus on the consumer needs and develop transversal synergies with Product Managers.

The combination of his experience in the field of Domain Names, his seeing the potential for the development of such an industry, and his curiosity for new challenges led Ramoin to be interested in the sale of Gandi in 2005. Along with the three other partners and investors he raised the 15 millions of Euros deal required for the LOB to acquire Gandi, the largest domain name registrar in France, and 6th in the EU. He is now the Director of Gandi Group and the CEO of Gandi.net and Moonfruit.com

Today, thanks to his visionary and strong managerial skills, he oversees Gandi’s development with the objective of maintaining Gandi as the market niche champion worldwide. After one year, Gandi -which has grown from 7 to 25 employees-, has seen an increase of over 40% in terms of sales, over 20% in active domain names managed, and a 100% increase in new customers.