Thibault Duplessis

Thibault Duplessis is a French software developer and chess player who is the founder and chief executive officer of Lichess, the second most popular chess site in the world.

Biography
Duplessis born in France in 1984, and started programming Casio calculators in high school. He studied computer science at University, afterwhich he worked for a few years as a software engineer. In 2010, he started Lichess as a hobby. He has described himself as an average player.

As a non-profit organization, Duplessis relies on volunteers to help him grow Lichess.