If you haven't already, please study our Bootstrapping Course and Investor Introductions page. iText CEO Bruno Lowagie bootstrapped a highly profitable company from Belgium. Since our conversation in 2015, iText was acquired by ThinkFree in 2018. Sramana Mitra: Where are you from? Bruno Lowagie: I'm from Belgium. Sramana Mitra: I'm married to a Belgian. Were you born and raised in Belgium? Bruno Lowagie: Yes, I was born in Ypres, which is in the west of Flanders. I lived there until I was 18. I went to college in Gent. I met Ingeborg there. Sramana Mitra: You're co-founders? Bruno Lowagie: Yes. We married there. Sramana Mitra: How about you? Are you from Gent? Bruno Lowagie: No, I'm also from the west of Flanders. Bruno Lowagie: It's really small. It's a very rural area. Sramana Mitra: What did you do after college? Bruno Lowagie: I studied Civil Engineering and Architecture but I had my first computer at