Education
Prince Jean was educated in Luxembourg, Switzerland and France, where he obtained his baccalaureate.
Prince Jean was educated in Luxembourg, Switzerland and France, where he obtained his baccalaureate.
He is the twin brother of Princess Margaretha. His godparents are Prince Felix of Luxembourg and Princess Margrethe of Denmark. He frequently goes by the name of Jean Nassau.
On 26 September 1986, Prince Jean renounced his right of succession to the Luxembourg throne.
Education and youth He then undertook a language course at the Bell School of Languages in Cambridge England. He was made a captain of the Luxembourg Army in 1979.
After completing his university education in Geneva, he went to New York and joined West.R. Grace as a financial analyst working in the Finance, Planning & Analysis Division of the Group that reported to the President & Chief Executive Officer of the company, at the time, Mr J. Peter Grace. Back in Europe in 1985, in 1986 he obtained an Master of Business Administration from European Institute of Business Administration (Institut Européen d'Administration des Affaires) in Fontainebleau, France.
Marriage and family Prince Jean has been President of the Chambre de Commerce belgo-luxembourgeoise en France.
In 2006 he bought the Southern African Water subsidiary of Suez Environnement, WSSA (Water & Sanitation South Africa) and created Mea Aqua, with the objective of developing water and energy solutions in the Middle East and in Africa. Mea Aqua and its subsidiaries employ today over 2,500 employees.
In 1977, Prince Jean began his military officer training at the Britannia Royal Naval College, England and member of the Champion Platoon, he was commissioned in August 1978. Prince Jean works in the water industry, he is an advisor to the GDF-Suez Group, Executive VP of the Suez Fondation and a Member of the Executive Board of Degrémont, a subsidiary of Suez Environnement. Prince Jean is a member of the board of the MIP, a business school based in Paris and a board member of a number of financial institutions: Banque Degroof Luxembourg, EFG Bank and EFG International, Ecofin (hedge funds in the utilities sector).