Serge Weinberg

Serge Weinberg (born 10 February 1951) is a French businessman, and the founder and chairman of Weinberg Capital Partners, an investment firm.[1]

Serge Weinberg
Born (1951-02-10) 10 February 1951
Boulogne-Billancourt, France
NationalityFrench
EducationSciences Po, ÉNA
OccupationBusinessman

Early life and education

Weinberg trained as a civil servant, after graduating with a bachelor's degree in Law from the University of Paris and from the Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris. He studied at the École nationale d'administration, the French School for Civil Service.

Career

Weinberg started his career as a civil servant in the French administration (1976–81), before becoming « Chef de cabinet » (private principal secretary) to the Budget Minister (Laurent Fabius, 1981–82). Then, he held several management positions at FR3 and Havas.

In 1990, after three years as General Manager with investment bank Pallas Groupe, he joined the Pinault Group as CEO of CFAO. Next, he was appointed CEO of Rexel (1991–95). From 1995 to 2005, he was chairman of themanagement board of PPR, the largest non-food retailer in Europe and the third largest multi-brand luxury goods company in the world.

He is the chairman of Sanofi, a French pharmaceutical firm, known for its prescription products such as Lantus insulin.[2][3] [4]

Other activities

Corporate boards
  • Accor, Non-Executive Chairman of the Board
  • Schneider Electric, Member of the Board of Directors
  • Fnac, Member of the Board of Directors
  • Artémis, Member of the Board of Directors
  • Gucci, Member of the Board of Directors

Non-profit organizations
  • Club of Three, Member of the Steering Group[5]
  • Paris Europlace, Member of the Board of Directors[6]
  • Sanofi Espoir Foundation, Member of the Board of Directors[7]

Weinberg once may have been a member of the Trilateral Commission. In 2010, he is not currently a member of the Trilateral Commission.[8]

References
  1. "Serge Weinberg, chairman of Weinberg Capital Partners". France24.com. 2009-01-19. Archived from the original on 2010-10-30.
  2. {{cite web|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-sanofi-france-compensation/france-sets-up-fund-for-sanofi-epilepsy-drug-victims-idUSKBN13B1FN
  3. https://www.cnbc.com/id/102130834#./. Retrieved 2014-03-11. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. https://www.forbes.com/profile/serge-weinberg/. Retrieved 2010-04-26. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. Steering Group Club of Three.
  6. Board of Directors Paris Europlace.
  7. Board of Directors Sanofi Espoir Foundation.
  8. "Trilateral Commission: Members". Trilateral Commission. Retrieved 2010-04-26.
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