Daniel Sachs

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Daniel Sachs
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Born (1970-04-02) April 2, 1970 (age 54)
Stockholm
TitleBusiness leader
Relatives Joen Sachs (father)
Lisbeth Sachs (mother)

Joen Daniel Sachs, (born April 2, 1970, in Stockholm), [1] is a Swedish business figure, entrepreneur and film producer.

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Biography

Sachs grew up in Stockholm. His father Joen Sachs is a professor of architecture and his mother Lisbeth Sachs Öhrling, is a social anthropologist. His grandfather, Ragnar Sachs, was the CEO of Nordiska Kompaniet (NK), which was started by Sachs' great-frandfather, Josef Sachs. [2] Sachs' great-great-grandfather, Simon Sachs, came from Germany to Stockholm in the early 1850s to work at Joseph Leja's department store at Regeringsgatan 5.[ citation needed ]

Sachs holds an MBA (Master of Business Administration) from the Stockholm School of Economics and the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. [3] He first worked in the private equity firm Segulah [3] during the 1990s. He served as a board member of the Spray group from 1995, where he became CEO from 2000 to 2001, leading a significant restructuring and rescue operation during the dot-com bubble difficulties. [4] [5] Between 2003 and 2022, he served as the CEO of the investment firm Proventus AB. He is also the founder and CEO of P Capital Partners, a lender and financial partner for entrepreneurial and family-owned businesses across Northern Europe. P Capital Partners was acquired by Sachs and its employees in 2013. Additionally, Sachs serves on the board of Wallenberg Investments AB. [6] [7]

In 2007, Sachs was named Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum and has been attending most of the annual conferences celebrated in Davos. [8] He is also a member of the European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR), vice-chair of George Soros' Open Society Foundations, collaborator at Obama Foundation (Barack Obama's think tank) [9] [10] and an advisor to the Europe program at Chatham House in London [11] [12] [13]

In 2010, he founded the Daniel Sachs Foundation, a non-partisan philanthropic organization dedicated to political thought and the defense of democracy. The foundation collaborates with other organizations such as Apolitical Foundation, Multitudes Foundation and Höj Rösten Politikerskola in Sweden. [14] [15]

In 2021, he founded the Foundation for Democracy & Pluralism, a fund that supports projects that aim to promote free and just societies with a strong anchoring in democratic principles. [16]

Sachs also became chairman of the Swedish TV channel TV4 in 2005 and was on the board of the Stockholm's Royal Dramatic Theatre from 2009 to 2017. [17] From 2000 he participated in film production companies, and has acted as executive producer for award-winning films and TV series, including Om Gud vill (2006), Cornelis (2010), and Gräns (2018). He was one of the hosts for the popular radio programme Sommar in 2013. [18]

Personal life

Daniel Sachs is married to Caroline Sachs, former CEO of the Axfoundation, and has three children. [2] [3]

Filmography (Executive Producer)

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  1. ↑ "Daniel Sachs, 54 år i Stockholm på Hunduddsvägen 60 – telefon, ålder och födelsedag". Birthday.se (in Swedish). Retrieved September 17, 2024.
  2. 1 2 Pallas, Hynek (July 15, 2017). ""Att leva nära kulturen har blivit ett existentiellt behov"". Dagens Nyheter (in Swedish). pp. 6–8. Retrieved October 4, 2024.
  3. 1 2 3 Sandholm Hellner, Annika (August 23, 2024). "Den idealistiska kapitalisten". Dagens Industri (in Swedish). pp. 10–18.
  4. ↑ "Daniel Sachs slutar som VD". News Powered by Cision (in Swedish). July 2, 2001. Retrieved September 17, 2024.
  5. ↑ "Daniel Sachs lämnar Spray". www.dagensmedia.se (in Swedish). Retrieved September 17, 2024.
  6. ↑ ""Näringslivet tar demokratin för given"". Dagens industri (in Swedish). August 22, 2024. Retrieved November 25, 2024.
  7. ↑ Lindgren, Martin (September 1, 2022). "Daniel Sachs slutar som Proventus vd". Dagens Industri (in Swedish). p. 14.
  8. ↑ "Många svenskar på toppmöte i Davos". Realtid (in Swedish). January 13, 2009. Retrieved September 30, 2024.
  9. ↑ "🌅 Obama is community organizing for the future". Warp News. August 19, 2022. Retrieved October 8, 2024.
  10. ↑ ""Näringslivet tar demokratin för given"". Dagens industri (in Swedish). August 22, 2024. Retrieved October 8, 2024.
  11. ↑ "Daniel Sachs". www.opensocietyfoundations.org. Retrieved September 17, 2024.
  12. ↑ "Stiftelsen Höj Rösten". October 18, 2021. Archived from the original on October 18, 2021. Retrieved September 17, 2024.
  13. ↑ "Sachs vill granska kapitalismen". DN.se (in Swedish). September 22, 2008. Retrieved September 17, 2024.
  14. ↑ "Daniel Sachs Stiftelse". web.archive.org. October 16, 2021. Retrieved December 16, 2024.
  15. ↑ Fabriken. "Daniel Sachs Foundation". Daniel Sachs Foundation. Retrieved December 16, 2024.
  16. ↑ "Democracy Pluralism | Promoting free and fair democracies". democracypluralism.org (in Swedish). Retrieved December 16, 2024.
  17. ↑ "Slår ihjäl Bonnier-ryktena". www.resume.se (in Swedish). Retrieved September 17, 2024.
  18. ↑ Lundberg, Patrik (August 7, 2013). "Sachs gör slut med sina demoner". Aftonbladet (in Swedish). Retrieved October 5, 2024.
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