Alain Minc
{{Short description|French businessman, political advisor, and author}}
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Alain Minc ({{IPA|fr|alɛ̃ ˈmɛ̃k}}; born 15 April 1949) is a French businessman, political advisor and author.{{Cite web|url=https://fpc.org.uk/articles/|title=Articles|accessdate=April 23, 2023}}
Biography
=Early life=
Alain Minc was born on April 15, 1949, in Paris{{Cite web |url=http://berggruen.org/whoweare/alain-minc |title=Nicolas Berggruen Institute biography |access-date=25 June 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110528022850/http://berggruen.org/whoweare/alain-minc |archive-date=28 May 2011 |url-status=dead }}{{Cite web |url=http://www.criteria.com/infocorporativa/alainminc_en.html |title=Criteria CaixaCorp biography |access-date=25 June 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110627174844/http://www.criteria.com/infocorporativa/alainminc_en.html |archive-date=27 June 2011 |url-status=dead }} to a family of Jewish immigrants from Poland.{{Cite news|url=http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/inside-the-elysee-sarkozy-has-learned-to-like-angela-merkel-a-810868.html|title = Inside the Élysée: 'Sarkozy Has Learned to Like Angela Merkel'|newspaper = Der Spiegel|date = January 24, 2012}} His father, Joseph Minkowski, was a dentist and a member of the Communist Party.[http://www.accessmylibrary.com/article-1G1-277976309/french-president-adviser-interviewed.html French President's Adviser Interviewed] {{dead link|date=April 2023}}
Alain Minc is a graduate of the École nationale supérieure des mines de Paris, Sciences Po and the École nationale d'administration.{{Cite web|url=http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/people/person.asp?personId=8076884&ticker=PRS:SM&previousCapId=2464187&previousTitle=PROMOTORA%20DE%20INFORMACIONES-A|title=Alain Minc: Executive Profile & Biography|work=Businessweek|access-date=April 23, 2023|archive-date=October 14, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121014025556/http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/people/person.asp?personId=8076884&ticker=PRS:SM&previousCapId=2464187&previousTitle=PROMOTORA%20DE%20INFORMACIONES-A|url-status=bot: unknown}}
=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.{{cite news |url=http://www.frenchamerican.org/young-leaders |title=Young Leaders |newspaper=French-American Foundation |accessdate=28 October 2015}} 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.Catherine Mallaval, Olivier Costemalle. [http://www.liberation.fr/ecrans/0101106368-d-un-revers-de-minc "D'un revers de Minc"]. Libération, June 29, 2007 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,Nicolas Cori. [http://www.liberation.fr/ecrans/0101106363-confit-d-interets "Confit d'intérêts"]. Libération, June 29, 2007 and ex-French President Nicolas Sarkozy.[http://www.lemonde.fr/politique/article/2010/08/26/les-propos-d-alain-minc-sur-le-pape-font-bondir-les-catholiques_1402938_823448.html "Les propos d'Alain Minc sur le pape font bondir les catholiques"]. Le Monde, 26.08.10 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.[http://tempsreel.nouvelobs.com/actualite/politique/20080131.OBS8190/legion-d-honneur-enfin-une-vraie-parite-hommes-femmes.html 'Légion d'honneur: enfin une vraie parité hommes-femmes"]. Le Nouvel Observateur, 31-01-08
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){{Cite web |url=http://www.sanefgroupe.com/en_instit/The-group/Corporate-Governance/Board-of-Directors |title=Board of Directors – sanef |last=Nantes |first=SQLI |website=sanefgroupe.com |access-date=22 March 2017 |archive-date=September 16, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180916093407/http://www.sanefgroupe.com/en_instit/The-group/Corporate-Governance/Board-of-Directors |url-status=dead }} which operates motorways in northeast France under a French government concession.{{Cite news |url=https://www.challenges.fr/entreprise/alain-minc-nomme-patron-des-autoroutes-sanef_321382 |title=Alain Minc nommé patron des autoroutes Sanef |work=Challenges |access-date=22 March 2017 |language=fr}}
Bibliography
- 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)
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Category:French political consultants
Category:French people of Polish-Jewish descent
Category:Recipients of the Legion of Honour
Category:Businesspeople from Paris
Category:École nationale d'administration alumni