Alain Minc
Alain Minc | |
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| Born | 15 April 1949 |
| Education | École nationale supérieure des mines de Paris Sciences Po École nationale d'administration |
| Occupation(s) | Businessman, political advisor, author |
Alain Minc (French pronunciation: [alɛ̃ ˈmɛ̃k]; born 15 April 1949) is a French businessman, political advisor and author.[1]
Biography
[edit]Early life
[edit]Alain Minc was born on April 15, 1949, in Paris[2][3] to a family of Jewish immigrants from Poland.[4] His father, Joseph Minkowski, was a dentist and a member of the Communist Party.[5]
Alain Minc is a graduate of the École nationale supérieure des mines de Paris, Sciences Po and the École nationale d'administration.[2][3][6]
Career
[edit]In 1979, he became CFO of Compagnie de Saint-Gobain.[2][3] In 1981, he was selected to be one of the first Young Leaders of the French-American Foundation.[7] In 1986, he became Vice-Chairman of CIR International and General Manager of Cerus, non-Italian affiliates of Benedetti Group.[2][3] In 1991, he founded his own consultancy firm, AM Conseil.[1] He has been the Chairman of Le Monde's supervisory board.[1][3][8] He sits on the board of directors of Criteria CaixaCorp since 2007.[3] He is also a board member of Prisa, Fnac, Direct Energie, Ingenico, and Yves Saint Laurent.[3][6]
He has been an advisor to Edouard Balladur, François Pinault, Vincent Bolloré,[9] and ex-French President Nicolas Sarkozy.[10] He came under fire for criticizing Pope Benedict XVI's position on the French Romani repatriation in 2010.[10]
He is a member of the Nicolas Berggruen Institute.[2] He is also a recipient of the Legion of Honour.[6][11]
Since December 2011, he is President of the board of directors of Société des Autoroutes du Nord et de l'Est de la France (SANEF)[12] which operates motorways in northeast France under a French government concession.[13]
Bibliography
[edit]- Ce monde qui vient
- Epître à nos nouveaux maîtres (2003)
- Les Prophètes du bonheur: historie personnelle de la pensée économique (2004)
- Rapport sur la France de l'an 2000
- Le Nouveau Moyen-âge
- Les vengeances des Nations
- La Machine égalitaire
- Rapport sur l´informatisation de la société
- Une sorte de Diable, les vies de John M. Keynes (2006)
- Le Crépuscule des petits dieux (2006)
- Une histoire de France (2008)
- Dix jours qui ébranleront le monde (2009)
- Une histoire politique des intellectuels (2010)
- L'âme des nations (2012)
- Vive l Allemagne (2013)
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Articles". Retrieved April 23, 2023.
- ^ a b c d e "Nicolas Berggruen Institute biography". Archived from the original on May 28, 2011. Retrieved June 25, 2011.
- ^ a b c d e f g "Criteria CaixaCorp biography". Archived from the original on June 27, 2011. Retrieved June 25, 2011.
- ^ "Inside the Élysée: 'Sarkozy Has Learned to Like Angela Merkel'". Der Spiegel. January 24, 2012.
- ^ French President's Adviser Interviewed [dead link]
- ^ a b c "Alain Minc: Executive Profile & Biography". Businessweek. Archived from the original on October 14, 2012. Retrieved April 23, 2023.
((cite web)): CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ "Young Leaders". French-American Foundation. Retrieved October 28, 2015.
- ^ Catherine Mallaval, Olivier Costemalle. "D'un revers de Minc". Libération, June 29, 2007
- ^ Nicolas Cori. "Confit d'intérêts". Libération, June 29, 2007
- ^ a b "Les propos d'Alain Minc sur le pape font bondir les catholiques". Le Monde, 26.08.10
- ^ 'Légion d'honneur: enfin une vraie parité hommes-femmes". Le Nouvel Observateur, 31-01-08
- ^ Nantes, SQLI. "Board of Directors – sanef". sanefgroupe.com. Archived from the original on September 16, 2018. Retrieved March 22, 2017.
- ^ "Alain Minc nommé patron des autoroutes Sanef". Challenges (in French). Retrieved March 22, 2017.
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