Driss Ben-Brahim (born 1964) is a Moroccan-Austrian trader and

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based in

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Early life

Ben-Brahim is an

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and

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by education. He graduated from

École Centrale Paris École Centrale Paris (ECP; also known as École Centrale or Centrale) was a French grande école in engineering and science. It was also known by its official name ''École Centrale des Arts et Manufactures''. In 2015, École Centrale Paris mer ...

(1987), studied Artificial Intelligence at the Max Planck Institut Munich, and received an MBA from

INSEAD INSEAD, a contraction of "Institut Européen d'Administration des Affaires" () is a non-profit business school that maintains campuses in Europe ( Fontainebleau, France), Asia (Singapore), the Middle East (Abu Dhabi, UAE), and North America (San ...

Fontainebleau (1990).

Career

Early in his career, Ben-Brahim served as a Treasury Officer at the

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(EBRD) in London. In 1994 Ben-Brahim joined

Goldman Sachs Goldman Sachs () is an American multinational investment bank and financial services company. Founded in 1869, Goldman Sachs is headquartered at 200 West Street in Lower Manhattan, with regional headquarters in London, Warsaw, Bangalore, H ...

. During his tenure he ran several businesses including global macro

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and emerging market trading and principal investments. He became a partner in 2004. News reports indicate he was one of Goldman's highest paid traders. Ben-Brahim is a former employee of

GLG Partners ''Man GLG'' (formerly GLG Partners) is a discretionary investment manager and a wholly owned subsidiary of British alternative investment manager Man Group plc. It is a diversified and multi-strategy fund manager that operates strategies includ ...

, where he developed and managed the Atlas Macro fund platform.

Personal life

Ben-Brahim has a personal interest and is an active investor in

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and

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. He is a partner of Zakoura Education and serves on the board of EMpower, charitable organizations focused on improving the lives and education of young people in developing countries. Ben-Brahim is married to Heli Amin. They have three children.Wachtel, Katya
"Meet The Rock Star Banker Who Helped Goldman Sachs Seduce The Libyans"
''Business Insider'', 31 May 2011. Accessed 23 May 2016.

References

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