Olivier Sarkozy

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Olivier Sarkozy is a French-American businessman and the half-brother of French President Nicolas Sarkozy.

1 Early life
2 Career
3 Personal life
4 References

[edit] Early life

Olivier Sarkozy was born to Pal Sarkozy de Nagy-Bocsa and Christine de Ganay. His father was previously married to Andrée Mallah and had three children with her, including Nicolas, whom Sarkozy met with weekly during his early childhood. Christine de Ganay divorced and then married an American diplomat when Sarkozy was only 7 years of age. He spent the rest of his childhood and adolescence outside of France, living in Zambia, Egypt, and British boarding school, though Sarkozy still met his half-brothers during the summer months. Sarkozy later studied at the University of St Andrews, where he earned an M.A. in medieval history.^[1]

[edit] Career

In 1990 Sarkozy was hired to work at the American investment bank Dillon, Read & Co. and left three years later to join First Boston Corporation, where he held several senior posts.^[2] In 2002 he was hired by UBS, where he advised on many billion dollar acquisitions.^[1] On March 3, 2008 Sarkozy was appointed to be the Co-head and Managing Director of the Carlyle Group's Global Financial Services Group.^[2]

[edit] Personal life

Sarkozy is married to Charlotte and they have two children; their marriage was conducted by Nicolas Sarkozy in the 1990s while he was still mayor of Neuilly-sur-Seine. Charlotte grew up in Paris and is both a freelance fashion writer and author of children's books.^[3] They live in New York and have a house in Paris.^[1] Sarkozy speaks English with an American accent and goes by Oliver instead of Olivier.^[1]