sentences:  He successfully restructured the company financially, organizationally and strategically, and sold NeXT to Apple in 1997 for $462M.In 1997, Trempont joined hands with the founder of Gemplus (now renamed Gemalto), world leader in smart cards, and became CEO of Gemplus Corp.He built a highly profitable $150M new business in two years by focusing on the convergence of mobile consumer applications, micro-payments and on-line security.