Raphaëlle began her career at Big 4 firms, where she realized that the traditional approach to due diligence was insufficient for evaluating innovative and fast-growing business models. This inspired her to found D’Ornano + Co. and develop a unique and proprietary approach to assess their unique fundamentals. Passionate about new technologies, Raphaëlle’s expertise comes from conducting more than 600 diligence assignments with her firm, both buy-side and sell-side on tech or tech-enabled companies, for global investors across all asset classes. In addition to creating and developing D’Ornano + Co., Raphaëlle is a Forbes Finance Council contributor and teaches a course on growth and profitability drivers at ESSEC Business School. She frequently speaks at industry events, including the Greenwich Economic Forum, SALT, SuperReturn Berlin, and the Milken Institute. Raphaëlle was recently elected a Young Leader in the 2022 class of the French American Foundation.A former triathlete, she enjoys running marathons in her free time and lives in New York with her husband and two children.