Alain Minc

Alain Minc
Born	April 15, 1949 Paris, France
Education	École nationale supérieure des mines de Paris Science Po École nationale d'administration
Occupation	Businessman, political advisor, author

Alain Minc (French pronunciation: [alɛ̃ ˈmɛ̃k]; born April 15, 1949) is a French businessman, political advisor, and author.

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 is a graduate of the École nationale supérieure des mines de Paris, Science Po and the École nationale d'administration.

In 1979, he became CEO of Compagnie de Saint-Gobain. In 1981, he was selected to be one of the first Young Leaders of the French-American Foundation. 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. 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, and ex-French President Nicolas Sarkozy. He came under fire for criticizing Pope Benedict XVI's position on the French Romani repatriation in 2010.