Name Alain Minc Role Businessman | Spouse Sophie Boisrond (m. 1975) Education Mines ParisTech | |
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Born April 15, 1949 Paris, France Occupation Businessman, political advisor, author Books La mondialisation heureuse Similar People Simon Nora, Jacques Attali, Jean‑Marie Colombani, Edwy Plenel, Bernard‑Henri Levy | ||
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Alain Minc ([alɛ̃ ˈmɛ̃k]; born April 15, 1949) is a French businessman, political advisor, and author.
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- C politique du 07 06 2015 alain minc
- Alain minc est un fran ais de tant de souches c vous 15 10 2015
- Early life
- Career
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Alain minc est un fran ais de tant de souches c vous 15 10 2015
Early life
Alain Minc was born on April 15, 1949 in Paris to a family of Jewish immigrants from Poland. His father, Joseph Minkowski, was a dentist and a member of the Communist Party. Alain Minc is a graduate of the École nationale supérieure des mines de Paris, Science Po and the École nationale d'administration.
Career
In 1979, he became CFO of Compagnie de Saint-Gobain. In 1981, he was selected to be one of the first Young Leaders of the French-American Foundation. In 1986, he became Vice-Chairman of CIR International and General Manager of Cerus, non-Italian affiliates of Benedetti Group. In 1991, he founded his own consultancy firm, AM Conseil. He has been the Chairman of Le Monde's supervisory board. He sits on the Board of Directors of Criteria CaixaCorp since 2007. He is also a Board member of Prisa, FNAC, Direct Energie, Ingenico, and Yves Saint Laurent.
He has been an advisor to Edouard Balladur, François Pinault, Vincent Bolloré, and ex-French President Nicolas Sarkozy. He came under fire for criticizing Pope Benedict XVI's position on the French Romani repatriation in 2010.
He is a member of the Nicolas Berggruen Institute. He is also a recipient of the Legion of Honour.
Since December 2011, he is President of the Board of Directors of SANEF (Société des Autoroutes du Nord et de l'Est de la France) which operates motorway in North-East of France as a result of a concession given by the French Government.