Bonnell began his career on the Thomson TO7, one of the earliest French-produced home computers, before founding Infogrames in June 1983.

He was also chief executive officer; a position he held from 1983 until a stockholder vote in 2003 showed a lack of confidence in his management of the company’s debts.

Beyond his involvement in Infogrames & Atari, Bonnell is also a shareholder in Lyon's Association football; the Olympique Lyonnais.

Only two episodes of the show were aired, due to low ratings, although the entire season was streamed on demand.

[9] When Richard Ferrand was elected president of the National Assembly in 2018, Bonnell initially considered to run as a candidate to succeed him as chairman of the LREM parliamentary group but later endorsed Gilles Le Gendre instead.

[10] In June 2021, Bonnell announced that he would not stand in the 2022 elections but instead resign from active politics by the end of the parliamentary term.

[12][13] In July 2019, Bonnell voted in favor of the French ratification of the European Union’s Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) with Canada.