Philippe Courtot

Philippe Courtot (26 August 1944 – 5 June 2021) was a French-American serial entrepreneur and business executive. Courtot was the chairman and CEO of Qualys, a cloud security company based in California. He headed the sales of three companies and led two others to their initial public offerings. Courtot was a five-time CEO who previously worked with companies such as Signio and Verity.

In 2012, Courtot launched the Trustworthy Internet Movement, an initiative to integrate security measures into the product-making process. In 2014, Courtot was included on Business Insider list of the Most Powerful Person In Tech at Every Age.