titlap Jacques-Antoine Granjon is the co-founder and CEO of Vente Privée, which is probably Europe's biggest startup -- bigger than Skype -- with countless copycats.

Vente Privée pioneered the private flash sale for fashion and built it into a business that turned over $1 billion in 2010 and has over 1500 employees.

Estimates put the company's value at $3 billion, making it the biggest private web company in Europe.

Who is he? How did he do it?