# Tomas Pueyo Topic: [[Topics/France 2026 Student Protests and Riots/France 2026 Student Protests and Riots|France 2026 Student Protests and Riots]] - **Who:** Spanish-born writer and former tech executive in Silicon Valley; author of the *Uncharted Territories* newsletter. - **Background:** Stanford GSB MBA (2010) and two engineering master's degrees; VP of Product & Growth at Course Hero (about 2018–2021) ⚠️ (Stanford GSB and LinkedIn search excerpts). - **Known for:** the March 2020 COVID essays "Coronavirus: Why You Must Act Now" (reported about 40M views) and "The Hammer and the Dance". - **X account:** [[Users/@tomaspueyo/@tomaspueyo|@tomaspueyo]] (336,680 followers, Oct 24, 2026). ## Role in this topic - Wrote the Oct 23 essay "Why Is France in Chaos?" and the Oct 24 12-point X summary: [[Users/@tomaspueyo/Post Analyses/Post Analysis - tomaspueyo on Why France Is in Chaos (2026-10-24)|analysis]] (🟡 mixed). Earlier France threads on Oct 19 and Oct 20 dealt with teacher pay and pensions.