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.

Early life and education

Gérard Worms was born on 1 August 1936, in

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

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

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/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

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from 1998 to 2013. He served on the Boards of Directors of

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, Mercapital, Éditions Atlas, Paris Orléans, Financière Saint Merri, and Cofide. He served as the Chairman of the

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/ref> He also served on the Board of Advisors of

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. Additionally, he was a member of

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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 Fondapol. He taught at the

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, the

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, and his alma mater, the École Polytechnique. He also co-wrote a book. He served as the Chairman of Rothschild & Cie Banque (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).

References

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