Alex Serge Vieux

Mr. Vieux leads Red Herring as its chief executive officer, publisher and chairman. Drawing on a 25-year career as an entrepreneur and high-profile journalist, he is building a content rich business media organization.

Alex started his career at Andersen Consulting, implementing information systems (1982-1985). In 1985, he managed to serve as the business correspondent for the French daily “Le Monde” and has
authored over 300 articles reporting on high tech as well as other industries. He also served as a special advisor to the French Minister of Industry, covering all issues relating to the high-tech industry, and in 1997 was named president of the Infotech Commission, under the auspice of the Minister of Economics and Finance. Repeatedly named by Time magazine as one of the 25 executives shaping a Digital Europe, he has been elected to the board of directors of ten public companies, including Tandem Computers (until the company’s merger with Compaq), Computer Associates, Commerce One, BVRP, Daum and Check Point Software. Alex’s contributions to the IT industry also include co-founding two banking software companies, CATS and Renaissance Software, as well as DASAR, a premier conference company.

Founded in 1993, Red Herring is a media company whose mission is to cover innovation, technology, financing and entrepreneurial activity. Its staff of award-winning journalists tell readers what’s first, what matters and most importantly, why.

Alex graduated from the Institut d’Etudes Potilitiques and the French business school HEC. He also holds a J.D. Law degree from the Universite de Paris and an MBA from Stanford University, where he was a Fulbright Scholar