Jean-François Ott

Jean-François Ott (born 1965) is a respected businessman. Founder of ORCO, the Luxembourg real estate investment company. Jean-François Ott is the founder and was the CEO of Orco Property Group S.A. (ORCO Group, ORCO) which today has 6 billion market cap and MaMaison Hotels chain. Jean-François led over EUR 3 billion investments in more than 200 real estate projects. 
He is now chairman of Ott Properties, Group Ott and MyHotelMatch (ex SPAC/FPN) a platform of smart travel based on the principle of online dating that will revolutionize our way of traveling. 
Jean-François OTT is an epicurean he loves good food and wine, he adores sharing time with his friends and family. He cares of environment issues and is involved to reduce climate changes. He owns a wonderful vineyard located in La Tour d’Aigues (Luberon), 30 minutes away from Aix-en-Provence where he likes to escape, produce wines &amp; olive oil.
Education and career.
Jean-François Ott completed his graduation in Finance and Economics at the Grenoble Institute of Political Studies in 1985, he completed his studied at the INSEAD Owners Directors Program. 
In 1987, Before starting a career as a derivatives trader in Paris, he worked for the French group Framatome in South Korea, then in 1991, he founded ORCO a real estate development company based in Luxembourg. In 2000 Orco then was listed in Paris, with a portfolio of more than 200 assets in residential, commercial and hotels which reached 1 200 000 m2 spanning over 9 countries. In addition to Prague, Paris and Luxembourg, he led the launch of new OPG branches and acquisitions in Buda-Pest, Warsaw, Berlin, Bratislava, Split, Zagreb, Moscow, Belgrade, etc. The portfolio was effectively built through developments and acquisitions of properties that required active asset management.
Among the key milestones in OPG's growth was the launch of the first extended stay hotel in 1999, the listing in Paris in 2000 followed by the acquisition of IPB Real in Czech Republic in 2001. In 2005 the acquisition and redevelopment of the Suncani Hvar hotels in Croatia, the privatization and repositioning of 850 000 m² of GSG commercial real estate in Berlin in 2006 and the acquisition of Molcom, one of the largest logistics parks in Moscow in 2007.
Jean-Francois piloted the restructuring of Orco Property Group in 2009-14, particularly the equitization and restructuring of the €600 million OPG and OG bonds finalized in 2012 and 2013. He sold most of his stake in OPG in 2014, following a change in shareholders and devote itself to the management of his family office OTT Héritage, which has more than 40 holdings invested since 2000s.
In 2020, Jean François decided to return to France. At that time, he met several very interesting professionals who made him wants to help start-ups and invests in digital innovations. He therefore chose to set up his headquarters in Sophia Antipolis and work with the research and development of artificial intelligence at INRIA to develop MyHotelMatch.com, a project dedicated to hoteliers/travelers that he believes will revolutionize tourism. With his expertise in various fields (construction, renovation of historical buildings, residential, hotel and logistics) he is also keen to participate in the influence of his country, create jobs or respond to issues that affect him such as education, medical or environment.