Gérard Worms (1 August 1936 – 31 August 2020) was a French banker and businessman. He served as the Vice Chairman of Rothschild Europe and Senior Advisor of

Rothschild & Cie Banque Rothschild & Co is a multinational investment bank and financial services company, and the flagship of the Rothschild banking group controlled by the French and British branches of the Rothschild family. The banking business of the firm covers th ...

Early life and education

Gérard Worms was born on 1 August 1936, in

Paris Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. S ...

.Archives Nationales
/ref> He graduated from the

École Polytechnique École may refer to: * an elementary school in the French educational stages normally followed by secondary education establishments (collège and lycée) * École (river), a tributary of the Seine flowing in région Île-de-France * École, Savoi ...

and Mines ParisTech.Gérard Worms est élu président mondial de la Chambre de commerce internationale
'' Les Échos'', April 05, 2011

Career

He started his career as a technical adviser in the French civil service.Bloomberg BusinessWeek
/ref> He served as an advisor to

Olivier Guichard Olivier Guichard (; 27 July 1920 – 20 January 2004) was a French politician. He was born in Néac and joined the French Army in 1944 and served until the end of World War II, during which, he earned the Médaille militaire and the Croix de ...

(1920–2004), Minister of Industry from 1967 to 1968, and to

Jacques Chaban-Delmas Jacques Chaban-Delmas (; 7 March 1915 – 10 November 2000) was a French Gaullist politician. He served as Prime Minister under Georges Pompidou from 1969 to 1972. He was the Mayor of Bordeaux from 1947 to 1995 and a deputy for the Gironde ''d� ...

(1915–2000), Prime Minister from 1969 to 1972. Since 1972, he has worked at the

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, the Rhône-Poulenc Group, the Société Générale de Belgique, and Telecom Italia.Public Groupe: Audit Committee
/ref> He served as Deputy Chairman of the supervisory board and Vice President of M6. From 1990 to 1995, he served as the chief executive officer of the Compagnie de Suez. From 1995 to 1999, he served as Chairman of the Compagnie de Suez and Indosuez Private Banking. He was a member of the supervisory board of Publicis from 1998 to 2013. He served on the Boards of Directors of Saatchi & Saatchi, Mercapital, Éditions Atlas, Paris Orléans, Financière Saint Merri, and Cofide. He served as the Chairman of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) from 2011 to 2013.International Chamber of Commerce
/ref> He also served on the Board of Advisors of

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. Additionally, he was a member of Le Siècle, a French think tank.

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, ''Fille de M'Barek et de Fatim-Zhora: Ministre de la Justice'', Paris: XO Editions, 2011, pp. 197-199 He also sat on the Board of Directors of the Fondation Ensemble and on the Ethics Committee of

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. He taught at the

HEC Paris HEC Paris (french: École des hautes études commerciales de Paris) is a business school, and one of the most prestigious and selective grandes écoles, located in Jouy-en-Josas, France. HEC offers Master in Management, MSc International Fi ...

, the

University of Paris , image_name = Coat of arms of the University of Paris.svg , image_size = 150px , caption = Coat of Arms , latin_name = Universitas magistrorum et scholarium Parisiensis , motto = ''Hic et ubique terrarum'' (Latin) , mottoeng = Here and a ...

, and his alma mater, the École Polytechnique. He also co-wrote a book. He served as the Chairman of

(Paris) from 1995 to 1999. He served as Vice Chairman of the European subsidiary of

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. He also served as chief executive officer of N. M. Rothschild & Sons. He served as Vice Chairman of Rothschild Europe and Senior Advisor of Rothschild & Cie Banque. Additionally, he served on the Audit Committee of Publicis.

Death

Worms passed away on 31 August 2020.

Bibliography

*Gérard Worms, Jean Mothes, ''Méthodes modernes de l'économie appliquée'' (Dunod, 1974, 259 pages).Google Books
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References

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