Benjamin Tillier passes the torch of this fast-growing start-up to Carolyn Prestat, who arrived in September. Photo: Fiveoffices

Benjamin Tillier passes the torch of this fast-growing start-up to Carolyn Prestat, who arrived in September. Photo: Fiveoffices

The CEO of Fiveoffices, Benjamin Tillier, announced on Thursday that he is stepping down. He will be succeeded by operational director Carolyn Prestat, who arrived at the end of September, just before a fundraising round of more than €3.2m.

“I'm leaving the project with the greatest potential I’ve ever had in my career.” On Thursday morning, on LinkedIn, Fiveoffices CEO Benjamin Tillier announced that he is leaving his position, saying he isn’t prepared to travel more often and sacrifice seeing his children grow up.

Seven months after the launch of this start-up specialising in short-term office rental, Tillier was succeeded by Carolyn Prestat, the operational director who arrived in September.

The new CEO, who has worked for Arendt and PwC, was also operational director of the start-up Kliber and strategic coordinator at Quilvest Wealth Management.

The start-up Fiveoffices, which began its activities in Paris, raised €3.2m in October, notably from (Talkwalker), , , , Claude Mack, , Claude Kremer, and Kneip Management.

Editor’s note: Hugues Delcourt is also the chairman of the board of Maison Moderne, which also includes Dan Schneider, both investors in the start-up.

This story was first published in French on . It has been translated and edited for Delano.

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