Rank #954
Fabien Pinckaers
Net worth $4.5B
Software · Belgium
- Born
- Jan 01, 1979
- Age
- 47
- Source
- Software
- Residence
- Saint-Denis-Bovesse
- Citizenship
- Belgium
- Marital status
- Married
- Children
- 2
- Education
Net worth over time
Biography
- Fabien Pinckaers created Odoo, his second company, when he was a 22-year-old student who needed a software to manage the flow of beer kegs in a student party room on campus.
- Odoo operates in more than 10 countries including the U.S and Dubai, had revenue of 426 million euros in 2024 and has more than 13 million users.
- Pinckaers read his first book on Toyota's business management at age 13 and didn't use the Internet until he was at university.
- He developed his first business management software at 13 and sold it to the Belgian Writers' Association.
- Tech entrepreneur and fellow billionaire Xaviel Niel owns a minority stake in Odoo.
- Pinckaers became Belgium's youngest billionaire in 2023.
- His company owns a lab on wheels, a truck called the "LabOdoo" that travels in Belgium to visit schools and universities to teach business management to students.