René-Pierre Azria is a French

France

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 businessman. He currently is the founder and CEO of the US advisory firm Tegris LLC, a private investment bank. Previously, he was a Global Partner with N M Rothschild & Sons

N M Rothschild & Sons

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 worldwide (head of the Technology Media Telecom practice of Rothschild in the United States

United States

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). Prior to joining Rothschild in 1996, Azria was Managing Director of the Blackstone

Blackstone

-Businesses:*Blackstone Group, U.S. private equity and asset management firm*Blackstone Career Institute, online training institute*Blackstone & Co, a farm implement and engine manufacturer in Stamford, Lincolnshire until absorbed by Lister in 1937-People:...

-Indosuez joint-venture and President of Financiére Indosuez Inc. in New York

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Azria holds an M.B.A. degree (magna cum laude) from Ecole des Hautes Etudes Commerciales (France), a Bachelor of Mathematics from University of Paris-Jussieu and an International Management Degree from London Business School

London Business School

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 and the Stern Graduate School of New York University

New York University

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. In 1993, he married to fiction writer Maria Alexis Winter.