Guillaume Georges Didier Sárközy de Nagy-Bócsa simply known as Guillaume Sarkozy, is a French entrepreneur and vice-president of the MEDEF, the French union of employers. Guillaume Sarkozy is the older brother of former French president

Nicolas Sarkozy Nicolas Paul Stéphane Sarközy de Nagy-Bocsa (; ; born 28 January 1955) is a French politician who served as President of France from 2007 to 2012. Born in Paris, he is of Hungarian, Greek Jewish, and French origin. Mayor of Neuilly-sur-Se ...

. He has a half-brother,

Olivier Sarkozy Pierre Olivier Sarközy de Nagy-Bocsa (born May 26, 1969) is a French banker based in the United States. His half-brother is Nicolas Sarkozy, the former President of France. Early life Sarkozy was born to Pal Sarkozy de Nagy-Bocsa, a nobleman ...

. He was enrolled in the private

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middle and high school ''Cours Saint-Louis de Monceau'', and then in the public ''

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'' (High School) ''Janson-de-Sailly'', both located in Paris. He holds an engineering degree from the ''

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'' (ESTP) of Paris. Guillaume Sarkozy started his career working on assignments at the Directorate (Office) of Public Safety (''direction de la sécurité civile'') inside the Ministry of Interior (1974-1976). He then joined IBM France where he was a sales engineer (1976-1979). In 1979, he became

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of Tissage de Picardie and has been its president and

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since 1981. He also became CEO of Tissage Rinet (1985) and Velveterie (1990), which he merged with Tissage de Picardie. He is now the owner of the company, having bought it from the family of his first wife. Tissage de Picardie is one of the world leaders in

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fabrics. Located in the

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'', it employs around 120 people, and exports about 65% of its production. Guillaume Sarkozy entered the CNPF, later renamed MEDEF, where he was the chairman of the Committee on Social Welfare (''commission de la protection sociale''). He is now the vice-president of the MEDEF (since 2000), and has also been the chairman of the French Union of Textile Industries (''Union des industries textiles'', or UIT) since 2000.

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