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France Jacques Attali, a distinguished economist and political advisor, has transitioned from shaping French economic policy to founding international institutions focused on development and humanitarian aid.
Attali co-founded the European program EUREKA, dedicated to the development of new technologies.
He also founded the non-profit organization PlaNet Finance, now called Positive Planet, and is the head of Attali & Associates (A&A), an international consultancy firm on strategy, corporate finance and venture capital. He is also the founder of Positive Planet, an organization focused on promoting sustainable development worldwide. It has supported more than 11 million micro-entrepreneurs. Dr Attali has written more than 80 books sold in 10 million copies and translated in to 22 languages.
He is chairman of A&A, an international consultancy company and the founder and president of PlaNet Finance, an international non-profit organisation that uses ...
In 2012, Attali became a member of the supervisory board of Kepler Capital Markets, a Swiss broker based in Geneva.
He presides over the supervisory board of Slate.fr.
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Jacques José Mardoché Attali was born on November 1, 1943, in Algiers, French Algeria. He obtained his PhD in economics and is a graduate of the Ecole Polytechnique, Ecole des Mines, Sciences Po, and Ecole Nationale d’Administration. His early career included teaching economics at institutions such as Paris Dauphine University from 1968 to 1985. In 1970, at 27, he became a member of the Council of State. His prolific writing career began in 1972 with the publication of his first two books, “Analyse économique de la vie politique” and “Modèles politiques,” which earned him an Academy of Sciences prize.
Attali played a significant role in French politics, serving as a special advisor to French President François Mitterrand for ten years, from 1981 to 1991. During this period, he was deeply involved in economic policy and international relations, acting as Mitterrand’s sherpa for G7 summits in 1982 and 1989. His political influence continued under President Nicolas Sarkozy, where from 2008 to 2010, he led a government committee focused on igniting French economic growth. He also advised President François Hollande in 2012 on “positive economics,” aiming to shift economic focus towards public interest and future generations.
Internationally, Attali has founded four significant institutions: Action Against Hunger (1979), the European program EUREKA (1984), the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) in 1991, and PlaNet Finance (now Positive Planet) in 1998. The EBRD, which he served as its first president, was established to support the reconstruction of Eastern European countries. His work with Positive Planet has supported over 11 million micro-entrepreneurs globally. In addition to his economic and political endeavors, Attali is a conductor who has led orchestras worldwide and an author of 86 books translated into 22 languages.
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