Background
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 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.
Lycée Henri-IV; École nationale d"administration. Mines ParisTech.
Alain Minc is a graduate of the École nationale supérieure des mines de Paris, Science Po and the École nationale d"administration. In 1979, he became Chief Executive Officer of Compagnie de Saint-Gobain. In 1981, he was selected to be one the first Young Leaders of the French-American Foundation.
In 1986, he became Vice-Chairman of Centre for Industrial Research International and General Manager of Cerus, non-Italian affiliates of Benedetti Group.
In 1991, he founded his own consultancy firm, Department of Administration and Management 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 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 also a Board member of Prisa, FNAC, Direct Energie, Ingenico, and Yves Saint Laurent. He is a member of the Nicolas Berggruen Institute.