Word: vieux
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Dates: during 2001-2001
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...Alex Vieux DASAR Founder and CEO 44, French www.dasar.com...
...Holding on to a ceiling strap, Vieux tilts forward as the airport bus careens across the tarmac...
...Vieux, who was born in Paris of Haitian extraction, is a consummate matchmaker who never stops schmoozing. Dividing his time between California and Paris, he knows all the U.S. tech titans and takes pride in ferreting out foreign start-ups that will interest them...
...serves on the boards of four public tech companies, including Check Point Software, an Israel-based Nasdaq firm that makes security software, and advises four venture capital funds. That's in his spare time. Vieux's main job is running DASAR, which he formed to connect entrepreneurs with venture capitalists and the heads of large tech companies...
...That change has been positive. Tourism is rising, the flight of Marseillais has halted, and young, affluent professionals from around the country are moving in. "I have never seen people so enthusiastic about Marseilles," says native Jöel Merle, who manages a real-estate agency on Marseilles' historic Vieux Port. But can the honeymoon last? Marseilles' real-estate market has long been undervalued, compared to Paris and most other French cities, says Merle, but prices are climbing. They could rise further as new arrivals compete for scarce housing, possibly pushing out locals of more modest means. It's also...