Shéhérazade Semsar-de Boisséson (born 27 December 1968) is a Franco-Iranian executive. She is the CEO of
McCourt Global.
Biography
Daughter of the journalist and Editor-in-Chief of ''
Kayhan
''Kayhan'' ( fa, کيهان, '' en, The Cosmos'') is a newspaper published in Tehran, Iran. It is considered "the most conservative Iranian newspaper." Hossein Shariatmadari is the editor-in-chief of ''Kayhan''. According to the report of the '' ...
'',
Mehdi Semsar
Mehdi Semsar (1929–2003) was a prominent Iranian journalist and translator.
Life and career
Mehdi Semsar was born in 1929 in Bushehr a port of Persian Gulf. He passed his childhood and high school studies in Shiraz, the capital of Fars Provi ...
(1929–2003), and of Guity Elahi (founder of Omid Journalism Award), Semsar-de Boisséson is an alumna of Georgetown University School of Foreign Service, where she completed her bachelor's and master's degrees in 1990 at the age of 21 years old. She began her career at Ciba-Geigy in 1990.
In 1993, aged 23, she founded Development Institute International (DII), one of France's leading conference providers. In 2013, she acquired ''
European Voice
''Politico Europe'' (stylized as ''POLITICO Europe'') is the European edition of the German-owned news organization ''Politico'' reporting on political affairs of the European Union. Its headquarters are located in Brussels with additional offices ...
'' from the Economist Group. As publisher and owner of ''European Voice'' she relaunched its website and created new services. In December 2014,
POLITICO and
Axel Springer acquired ''European Voice'' and DII. Semsar-de Boisséson became the CEO of
POLITICO in Europe.
In June 2021, Semsar-de Boisséson stepped down at her request as CEO of POLITICO Europe and joined the advisory board of the publication. In November 2021 she became the Inaugural Executive Director of the McCourt Institute, an academic partnership between the
McCourt School of Public Policy at
Georgetown University and
Sciences Po
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in France.
In January 2023, she became the CEO of
McCourt Global, a private family company founded by
Frank McCourt
Francis McCourt (August 19, 1930July 19, 2009) was an Irish-American teacher and writer. He won a Pulitzer Prize for his book ''Angela's Ashes'', a tragicomic memoir of the misery and squalor of his childhood.
Early life and education
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with business interests across real estate, sports, media, finance and technology.
Personal life
Semsar-de Boisséson is married to Laurent de Boisséson. They have three children: Inès, Louise and Cyrus.
Other activities
Semsar-de Boisséson served on the
Board of Directors of Georgetown University from 2013 to 2019. She is serving on the advisory board of
Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security. She is also a member of the Board of Directors of the French-American Foundation, the Board of Directors of
My Stealthy Freedom and member of the supervisory board of the soccer team Olympique de Marseille.
References
External links
McCourt Global
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1968 births
Living people
Walsh School of Foreign Service alumni
21st-century French businesspeople
20th-century Iranian businesspeople
Businesspeople from Tehran