13 Facts About Alain Chuard

Alain Chuard is a Swiss entrepreneur and former professional snowboarder living in Palo Alto, California.

Alain Chuard is best known as the founder and Chief product officer of Wildfire Interactive, the social media marketing technology company acquired by Google in July 2012.

Alain Chuard competed on the snowboard World-Cup Pro Tour while in high school.

Alain Chuard was sponsored by Burton Snowboards and has appeared in various snowboarding publications including the cover of Transworld Snowboarding.

Alain Chuard left Switzerland at the age of 20 after completing his high school matura.

Alain Chuard has an MBA from Stanford Graduate School of Business.

Alain Chuard then left Wall Street to start the adventure travel company, Access Trips, in 2001.

In 2008, Alain Chuard developed the software Promotion Builder as an online marketing tool used for promoting Access Trips through social media.

In 2010, Alain Chuard sold Access Trips in order to focus on Wildfire.

Alain Chuard is a Henry Crown Fellow of the Aspen Institute.

In July 2021, Alain Chuard was named as the Founder and CEO of Prisma.

Alain Chuard married Victoria Ransom in March 2013 and is the father of three children.

Alain Chuard speaks four languages and is one of the 300 wealthiest people in Switzerland.