Since 2015, he is also president and co-founder of Live for Good, a French association that aims to help young leaders develop their social or environmental projects.
A French national, Courtois holds a DECS (diplôme des études commerciales supérieures, diploma in advanced business studies) from Skema Business School.
[2][3][4] Later he was vice-president of worldwide marketing, based at Microsoft's headquarters at Redmond, Washington.
[5][6][7] Jean-Philippe Courtois is also a director of PlaNet Finance and Microsoft's representative at the Institut Montaigne.
He has served as co-chair of the World Economic Forum's Global Digital Divide Initiative Task Force.