Olivier Sarkozy is a
FrenchFrance , officially the French Republic , is a country located in Western Europe, with several overseas islands and territories located on other continents. Metropolitan France extends from the Mediterranean Sea to the English Channel and the North Sea, and from the Rhine to the Atlantic Ocean...
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AmericanThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
businessman and the half-brother of French President
Nicolas SarkozyNicolas Sarkozy is the 23rd and current President of the French Republic and ex officio Co-Prince of Andorra...
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Olivier Sarkozy was born to Pal Sarkozy de Nagy-Bocsa and Christine de Ganay. His father was previously married to Andrée Mallah and had three children with her, including Nicolas, whom Sarkozy met with weekly during his early childhood. Christine de Ganay divorced and then married
Frank G. WisnerFrank George Wisner II is an American businessman and former diplomat. He is the son of Frank Wisner.Wisner is currently Vice Chairman of American International Group. He retired from this post as of February 13, 2009, according to an internal AIG memo issued by Edward Liddy, CEO.Wisner was born...
, an
American diplomatThe United States Foreign Service is the primary personnel system within the Diplomatic Service of the United States government, under the aegis of the Department of State. The personnel system was first created under the Foreign Service Act to serve as the principal personnel system under which...
, when Sarkozy was only 7 years of age.
Olivier Sarkozy is a
FrenchFrance , officially the French Republic , is a country located in Western Europe, with several overseas islands and territories located on other continents. Metropolitan France extends from the Mediterranean Sea to the English Channel and the North Sea, and from the Rhine to the Atlantic Ocean...
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AmericanThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
businessman and the half-brother of French President
Nicolas SarkozyNicolas Sarkozy is the 23rd and current President of the French Republic and ex officio Co-Prince of Andorra...
.
Early life
Olivier Sarkozy was born to Pal Sarkozy de Nagy-Bocsa and Christine de Ganay. His father was previously married to Andrée Mallah and had three children with her, including Nicolas, whom Sarkozy met with weekly during his early childhood. Christine de Ganay divorced and then married
Frank G. WisnerFrank George Wisner II is an American businessman and former diplomat. He is the son of Frank Wisner.Wisner is currently Vice Chairman of American International Group. He retired from this post as of February 13, 2009, according to an internal AIG memo issued by Edward Liddy, CEO.Wisner was born...
, an
American diplomatThe United States Foreign Service is the primary personnel system within the Diplomatic Service of the United States government, under the aegis of the Department of State. The personnel system was first created under the Foreign Service Act to serve as the principal personnel system under which...
, when Sarkozy was only 7 years of age. He spent the rest of his childhood and adolescence outside of France, living in
ZambiaThe Republic of Zambia is a landlocked country in Southern Africa. The neighbouring countries are the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the north, Tanzania to the north-east, Malawi to the east, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Botswana, and Namibia to the south, and Angola to the west. The capital city is...
,
EgyptEgypt , officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a country mainly in North Africa, with the Sinai Peninsula forming a land bridge in Western Asia...
, and
BritishThe United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe. It is an island country, spanning an archipelago including Great Britain, the northeastern part of Ireland, and many small islands...
boarding school, though Sarkozy still met his half-brothers during the summer months. Sarkozy later studied at the
University of St AndrewsThe University of St Andrews is the oldest university in Scotland and third oldest in the English-speaking world, having been founded between 1410 and 1413...
, where he earned an M.A. in medieval history.
Career
In 1990 Sarkozy was hired to work at the American investment bank
Dillon, Read & Co.Dillon, Read & Co. was a prominent American investment bank from the 1920s into the 1960s.Dillon Read originated in 1832 as the Wall Street brokerage firm Carpenter & Vermilye. However, it is best known for its actions during the 1920s...
and left three years later to join First Boston Corporation, where he held several senior posts. In 2002 he was hired by
UBSUBS AG is a diversified global financial services company, with its main headquarters in Basel and Zürich, Switzerland. It is the world's largest manager of private wealth assets, "the world's biggest manager of other people's money" and is also the second-largest bank in Europe, by both market...
, where he advised on many billion dollar acquisitions.
On March 3, 2008 Sarkozy was appointed to be the Co-head and Managing Director of the
Carlyle Group'sThe Carlyle Group is a global private equity investment firm, based in Washington, D.C., with more than $84.5 billion of equity capital under management, diversified over 64 different funds as of March 31, 2009. The firm operates four fund families, focusing on leveraged buyouts, growth capital,...
Global Financial Services Group.
Personal life
Sarkozy is married to Charlotte and they have two children; their marriage was conducted by Nicolas Sarkozy in the 1990s while he was still mayor of
Neuilly-sur-SeineNeuilly-sur-Seine is a commune bordering the western limit of the city of Paris, France. It is located from the center of Paris. It is one of the most densely populated municipalities in Europe....
. Charlotte grew up in
ParisParis is the capital of France and the country's most populous city. It is situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
and is both a freelance fashion writer and author of children's books. They live in
New YorkNew York is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States and is the nation's third most populous. The state is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
and have a house in Paris. Sarkozy speaks
EnglishEnglish is a West Germanic language that developed in England during the Anglo-Saxon era. As a result of the military, economic, scientific, political, and cultural influence of the British Empire during the 18th, 19th, and early 20th centuries, and of the United States since the mid 20th century,...
with an American accent and goes by Oliver instead of Olivier.