Catherine Barba

Catherine Barba Chiaramonti (born 28 February 1973) is a French entrepreneur and business executive who is active in digital retail. Through her recently established company, Catherine Barba Group, she helps retailing startups enter the digital market.[1][2]

Catherine Barba
Born (1973-02-28) 28 February 1973
Rueil-Malmaison, France
NationalityFrench
EducationESCP Europe
OccupationBusinesswoman

Biography

Born in 1973 in Rueil-Malmaison in Île-de-France, Barba is the granddaughter of a poor family of Spanish immigrants. Her parents, however, prospered as managers: her father at Esso and her mother at Technip. She studied business at the École supérieure de commerce de Paris, graduating in 1996.[2][3]

In 1995, while working as an intern at Technip in the United States, she became interested in the Web. As a result, on graduating she headed OMD's newborn internet department until 1999 when she joined IFrance where she was managing director until the company was acquired by Vivendi in 2003. She then set up her own internet shopping company, CashStore, which in 2010 she sold to Plebicom with its 500,000 users and 1,200 e-Business partner sites. She also developed a digital commerce consultancy, Malinea, which she sold to vente.privée.com in 2011.[1][3] In September 2012, she founded Catherine Barba Group which assists global retailers develop omnichannel strategy and customer service in the mobile environment.[1]

In addition to her business interests, Barba is a strong supporter of women in technology. In recent years, she has organized and contributed to events such as La Journée de la Femme Digitale (Digital Women Day).[1][4]

In 2011, Catherine Barba received the title of Femme d'Entreprise en Or (Golden Businesswoman), consolidating her reputation as a pioneer of the web.[5]

Personal life

Barba lives in New York and is married to the entrepreneur Arnaud Chiaramonti with whom she has a sixteen-year-old daughter.[2] She and Chiaramonti manage the Florida-based Catherine Barba Group LLC.[6] [7]

gollark: Ah yes, it does say that it needs 5. No idea what the threshold would be before people do anything.
gollark: And nobody is going to globally implement ridiculous filtering things.
gollark: I mean, nobody is going to have a different version of all the products they sell with a different OS for one random state.
gollark: I don't think this is actually possible, yes.
gollark: All in accordance with my plan.

References
  1. "Catherine Barba". Inspiring fifty. Archived from the original on 25 September 2015. Retrieved 17 September 2015.
  2. Lejeune, Léa (23 March 2014). "Catherine Barba, mama intrépide du e-commerce". Libération (in French). Retrieved 17 September 2015.
  3. "Portrait de Catherine Barba, serial entrepreneuse (CashStore, Malinea) et experte reconnue du e-Commerce" (in French). Who's Web. Archived from the original on 2014-11-29. Retrieved 17 September 2015.
  4. "La Journée de la Femme Digitale" (in French). French Web. Retrieved 18 September 2015.
  5. "Femmes en Or 2011 : Les gagnantes de la 19ème édition !" (in French). AuFeminin. Archived from the original on 18 October 2014. Retrieved 18 September 2015.
  6. "Chiaramonti Barba Group, LLC". Inter Credit Report. Retrieved 18 September 2015.
  7. "Catherine Barba, de gourou française à inconnue new-yorkaise" (in French). FrenchMorning NY.
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