During the second half of the 1990s, the introduction and rapid improvement of electronic versions of the encyclopedia, using editorial funds from the paper version enriched with numerous specific contributions, under the leadership of its president Pierre Le Manh and the editorial director Louis Lecomte, allowed the Encyclopædia Universalis to experience a second period of success and growth.
In the latter part of the 1990s, the development and rapid advancement of digital encyclopedias, bolstered by financial support from the paper edition supplemented with numerous specialized contributions under the guidance of its president Pierre Le Manh and editorial director Louis Lecomte, led to a second era of prosperity and growth for Encyclopædia Universalis.