Marc Esslinger

GTM, Wonderful France

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GTM Index

  1. WONDERFULJOB
    1. GTM Lead
      10M
  2. GEONATIVEJOB
    1. CEO (Leveraged Buyout with…
      1Y 7M
  3. AMAZON WEB SERVICES (AWS)JOB
    1. Sales Leader
      2Y 11M
    2. Head of Enterprise Sales -…
      1Y 1M
    3. Sales Mgr
      10M
  4. AMAZONJOB
    1. Head of Vertical Sales - A…
      2Y 1M
  5. GOOGLEJOB
    1. New Business Mgr
      1Y 1M
    2. Analytical Lead
      1Y 10M
    3. Account Strategist
      1Y 3M
  6. LENDICO (ROCKET INTERNET)JOB
    1. Global Venture Development…
      1Y 7M
  7. CINVENJOB
    1. Analyst (Intern) - Private…
      3M
  8. ACTIVA CAPITALJOB
    1. Analyst (Intern) - Private…
      7M
  9. UBSJOB
    1. M&A Analyst (Intern)
      5M

Time in market 16Y 9MOpen 4Closed 12Stints 16

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  1. Job: Google — Account Strategist · 2013-08 – 2014-11 · 1y 3mo — Post sales investments optimizations on Search, Display & Video. Large Accounts (>€10m / y).
  2. Job: Cinven — Analyst (Intern) - Private Equity · 2011-09 – 2011-12 · 3 mo
  3. Job: Activa Capital — Analyst (Intern) - Private Equity · 2010-07 – 2011-02 · 7 mo
  4. Job: Amazon Web Services (AWS) — Sales Leader · 2021-04 – 2024-03 · 2y 11mo — Management of a sales team focused on acquiring major enterprise customers.
  5. Job: GEONATIVE — CEO (Leveraged Buyout with PE fund) · 2024-04 – 2025-11 · 1y 7mo — - Selected by an investment fund to participate in a live due diligence on a potential acquisition target. - Acquisition of the target and Venture CEO of a SaaS company (Geonative) combining hardware, embedded software, and AI. - Main responsibilities: team management, sales efforts, product development and P&L ownership.
  6. Job: Amazon Web Services (AWS) — Sales Manager · 2019-11 – 2020-09 · 10 mo
  7. Job: Wonderful — GTM Lead · 2025-12 – present · 8 mo
  8. Job: Amazon Web Services (AWS) — Head of Enterprise Sales - Segment Leader (interim) · 2020-09 – 2021-10 · 1y 1mo — Interim leader of a sales team comprised of 30 senior sales and 4 managers. Interim member of the French leadership team.
  9. Job: Google — New Business Manager · 2016-09 – 2017-10 · 1y 1mo — Sold DoubleClick Search (now Search 360) to strategic advertisers in France.
  10. Job: Lendico (Rocket Internet) — Global Venture Development Manager · 2012-01 – 2013-08 · 1y 7mo — Launched and scaled the first Jumia as COO Developped Zalora in South East Asia; launched new countries from Singapore
  11. Job: UBS — M&A Analyst (Intern) · 2010-01 – 2010-06 · 5 mo
  12. Job: Google — Analytical Lead · 2014-11 – 2016-09 · 1y 10mo — Led analytical work to better measure and optimize large customers' investments. Industries: travel and retail. Included sales and technical work.
  13. Job: Amazon — Head of Vertical Sales - Amazon Advertising · 2017-10 – 2019-11 · 2y 1mo — Leading the mid-market sales team for the following industries: fashion, consumables and non vendor advertisers (incl. travel, banking and insurance, classifieds etc.).
  14. School: ESCP Europe — Master, Finance
  15. School: TU Berlin — Economics
  16. School: Notre-Dame du Grandchamp — Intensive preparation for the Grandes Ecoles exams - Mathematics, History & Economics, Philosophy

Skills

Private EquityCorporate FinanceValuationFinancial ModelingInvestment BankingLBOM&A experienceDue DiligenceFinancial AnalysisMergersBloombergCapital MarketsHedge FundsEmerging MarketsManagement ConsultingVenture CapitalDCFEquity ResearchInvestmentsBusiness Valuation

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