Bernard Mourad | |
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 Bernard Mourad in 2014 | |
| Born | 2 October 1974 |
| Alma mater | HEC Paris Sciences Po |
| Occupation | Advisor of Emmanuel Macron |
Bernard Mourad (Lebanon, 1975) is a French banker, entrepreneur and writer. [1]
Bernard Mourad | |
|---|---|
| Bernard Mourad in 2014 | |
| Born | 2 October 1974 |
| Alma mater | HEC Paris Sciences Po |
| Occupation | Advisor of Emmanuel Macron |
Bernard Mourad (Lebanon, 1975) is a French banker, entrepreneur and writer. [1]
His father was a Christian from Lebanon, his mother a French woman of Moroccan Jewish descent. He grew up in Paris after the family fled the civil war in Lebanon. He obtained degrees from the Sciences Po (1997) and HEC Paris. [2]
In 2000, he started a career as an investment banker at Morgan Stanley and became managing director in 2012. He was described as having close ties to billionaires Xavier Niel and Patrick Drahi. With Drahi he introduced the company Altice on the Stock Exchange, saved the newspaper Libération and bought L'Express . He also became friends with Emmanuel Macron and with the communications advisor Stéphane Fouks, vice-chairman of Havas. [3]
In January 2015, he left Morgan Stanley and became chairman of Altice Media Group, Patrick Drahi's new media group that includes L'Express-L'Expansion, L'Étudiant, Point de Vue, Lire, Studio) and the TV chain i24news. In July 2015, the portfolio expanded further through a strategic alliance between Altice and the NextRadioTV group (BFM, RMC, etc.). In April 2016, he led the merger of Altice Media Group with SFR. [4]
Meanwhile, in 2013, Mourad developed, with his own resources, mySOS, an application that helps save lives by alerting willing citizens who are within a 3 km perimeter of someone in need. This world's first solidarity application received the support of the French Red Cross and the French Federation of Cardiology. [5] After nine months, 100,000 people had already connected. [6]
In October 2016, he resigned from Altice Media Group and joined the team around Emmanuel Macron, as a special advisor. He also acted as a fundraiser. [7]
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