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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

Daniel 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 Daniel Sachs great-frandfather, Josef Sachs[2]. Daniel Sachs' great-great-grandfather, Simon Sachs, came from Germany to Stockholm in the early 1850s to work at Joseph Leja's newly established department store at Regeringsgatan 5.

Daniel Sachs holds an MBA (Master of Business Administration) from the Stockholm School of Economics and the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.[3] After his studies, he worked in the private equity firm Segulah[3] during the 1990s. After serving as a board member of the Spray group since 1995, he became the group's CEO from 2000 to 2001, leading a significant restructuring and rescue operation during the dot-com bubble burst.[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, Daniel 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, and an advisor to the Europe program at Chatham House in London[8][9][10]

He is also founder of Apolitical Academy, a Swedish political school to stimulate young people's democratic civic engagement.[11][12] Through the Daniel Sachs Foundation, a number of 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.[13] From the 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.[14]

Personal life

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

Filmography (Executive Producer)

References

  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. ^ "Daniel Sachs". www.opensocietyfoundations.org. Retrieved 2024-09-17.
  9. ^ "Stiftelsen Höj Rösten". 2021-10-18. Archived from the original on 2021-10-18. Retrieved 2024-09-17.
  10. ^ "Sachs vill granska kapitalismen". DN.se (in Swedish). 2008-09-22. Retrieved 2024-09-17.
  11. ^ Forum, World Economic. "3 Ways Leaders Can Activate Responsible Leadership In Uncertain Times". Forbes. Retrieved 2024-09-30.
  12. ^ "Board | ApoliticalFoundation". ApoliticalFoundation. Retrieved 2024-09-17.
  13. ^ "Slår ihjäl Bonnier-ryktena". www.resume.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 2024-09-17.
  14. ^ Lundberg, Patrik (7 August 2013). "Sachs gör slut med sina demoner". Aftonbladet (in Swedish). Retrieved 5 October 2024.
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