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Daniel Sachs
Born (1970-04-02) April 2, 1970 (age 54)
Stockholm
TitleBusiness leader
RelativesJoen Sachs (father)
Lisbeth Sachs (mother)

Joen Daniel Sachs, (born April 2, 1970 in Stockholm),[1] is a Swedish business figure, entrepreneur and film producer.

Biography

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Sachs grew up in Stockholm. His father Joen Sachs is a professor of architecture and his mother Lisbeth Sachs Öhrling, is a social anthropologist. His grandfather, Ragnar Sachs, was the CEO of Nordiska Kompaniet (NK), which was started by Sachs' great-frandfather, Josef Sachs.[2] Sachs' great-great-grandfather, Simon Sachs, came from Germany to Stockholm in the early 1850s to work at Joseph Leja's department store at Regeringsgatan 5.[citation needed]

Sachs holds an MBA (Master of Business Administration) from the Stockholm School of Economics and the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.[3] He first worked in the private equity firm Segulah[3] during the 1990s. He served as a board member of the Spray group from 1995, where he became CEO from 2000 to 2001, leading a significant restructuring and rescue operation during the dot-com bubble difficulties.[4][5] From 2003 to 2022 he was the CEO of the investment company Proventus AB, where he has led a new expansion programme.[6]

In 2007, Sachs was named Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum and has been attending most of the annual conferences celebrated in Davos.[7] He is also a member of the European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR), vice-chair of George Soros' Open Society Foundations, collaborator at Obama Foundation (Barack Obama's think tank)[8][9] and an advisor to the Europe program at Chatham House in London[10][11][12]

He is also founder of Apolitical Academy, a Swedish political school to stimulate young people's democratic civic engagement.[13][14] Through the Daniel Sachs Foundation, socially and culturally oriented activities are carried out.[3]

Sachs also became chairman of the Swedish TV channel TV4 in 2005 and was on the board of the Stockholm's Royal Dramatic Theatre from 2009 to 2017.[15] From 2000 he participated in film production companies, and has acted as executive producer for award-winning films and TV series, including Om Gud vill (2006), Cornelis (2010), and Gräns (2018). He was one of the hosts for the popular radio programme Sommar in 2013.[16]

Personal life

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Daniel Sachs is married to Caroline Sachs, former CEO of the Axfoundation, and has three children.[2][3]

Filmography (Executive Producer)

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References

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  1. ^ "Daniel Sachs, 54 år i Stockholm på Hunduddsvägen 60 - telefon, ålder och födelsedag". Birthday.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 2024-09-17.
  2. ^ a b Pallas, Hynek (15 July 2017). ""Att leva nära kulturen har blivit ett existentiellt behov"". Dagens Nyheter (in Swedish). pp. 6–8. Retrieved 4 October 2024.
  3. ^ a b c d Sandholm Hellner, Annika (23 August 2024). "Den idealistiska kapitalisten". Dagens Industri (in Swedish). pp. 10–18.
  4. ^ "Daniel Sachs slutar som VD". News Powered by Cision (in Swedish). 2001-07-02. Retrieved 2024-09-17.
  5. ^ "Daniel Sachs lämnar Spray". www.dagensmedia.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 2024-09-17.
  6. ^ Lindgren, Martin (1 September 2022). "Daniel Sachs slutar som Proventus vd". Dagens Industri (in Swedish). p. 14.
  7. ^ "Många svenskar på toppmöte i Davos". Realtid (in Swedish). 2009-01-13. Retrieved 2024-09-30.
  8. ^ "🌅 Obama is community organizing for the future". Warp News. 2022-08-19. Retrieved 2024-10-08.
  9. ^ ""Näringslivet tar demokratin för given"". Dagens industri (in Swedish). 2024-08-22. Retrieved 2024-10-08.
  10. ^ "Daniel Sachs". www.opensocietyfoundations.org. Retrieved 2024-09-17.
  11. ^ "Stiftelsen Höj Rösten". 2021-10-18. Archived from the original on 2021-10-18. Retrieved 2024-09-17.
  12. ^ "Sachs vill granska kapitalismen". DN.se (in Swedish). 2008-09-22. Retrieved 2024-09-17.
  13. ^ Forum, World Economic. "3 Ways Leaders Can Activate Responsible Leadership In Uncertain Times". Forbes. Retrieved 2024-09-30.
  14. ^ "Board". ApoliticalFoundation. Retrieved 2024-09-17.
  15. ^ "Slår ihjäl Bonnier-ryktena". www.resume.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 2024-09-17.
  16. ^ Lundberg, Patrik (7 August 2013). "Sachs gör slut med sina demoner". Aftonbladet (in Swedish). Retrieved 5 October 2024.
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