[1] He received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Law and a PhD in Economics from ESCP Europe, a business school in Paris.

[1][2] He has served on the boards of directors of Club Med (Euronext: CU), Bolloré, PEC New York, Château Margaux, Publicis, etc.

[8] He has expressed his concern about Qatar's economic ties to France in light of its relationship with the Muslim Brotherhood.

[7] He has also said he fears Marine Le Pen, President of the National Front, might win the French presidential election in 2017, as she would seek to "stifle minority views".

[9] However, in an interview in February 2015 he claimed that Le Pen "cannot be faulted personally" for anti-Semitism, prompting criticism from Nazi hunter Serge Klarsfeld.