Eric Babolat

President & CEO

Babolat

Key dates: 1992: graduates from ESARC International Business School (Montpellier, France) 1993: works in a building company in Germany, then joins the Babolat subsidiary in Austria 1994: joins Babolat Headquarters Marketing Department in Lyon, France 1998: becomes President and CEO of Babolat, after his father’s death in the crash of SwissAir Flight 111 off Nova Scotia, Canada. 2000: opens Babolat USA (Boulder, Co) , introducing Babolat rackets on the US market. 2003: Introduction of Babolat tennis shoes in Europe : releasing a world premiere with a strategic alliance with Michelin providing its technology for the sole. 2005: Shoe launch in the US; Andy Roddick endorses Babolat shoes. 2013: Launch of the world’s first connected racket, Babolat PLAY Awards: 2003: “Champions cachés de la Performance*” by LSA magazine, honouring the elite of small or midsize companies, leaders in their activity, without most of consumers being aware of it.