Nicolas Berggruen

Nicolas Berggruen
Born	10 August 1961 (1961-08-10) (age 50) Paris, France
Alma mater	New York University
Occupation	Investor
Net worth	$2.2 billion (2010)[1]
Parents	Heinz Berggruen and Bettina Moissi
Website
Nicolas Berggruen Institute Berggruen Holdings

Nicolas Berggruen (born 10 August 1961 in Paris) is an investor. He is the son of art collector Heinz Berggruen. He is the founder and president of Berggruen Holdings, a private investment company and the Nicolas Berggruen Institute, a political think tank. His father created the Museum Berggruen in Berlin and his mother was actress Bettina Moissi. The press has sometimes referred to Berggruen as "the homeless billionaire" because he lives in hotels and does not own a home.^[2]

Berggruen attended Le Rosey in Switzerland and obtained a Bachelor of Science in Finance and International Business from New York University.

Forbes magazine estimated Berggruen's net worth at $2.2 billion as of 2010^[update]. He founded Berggruen Holdings, Inc. in 1984 to act as investment adviser to a Berggruen family trust that has made over 50 investments in businesses since its inception. In 1988, he and Julio Mario Santo Domingo, Jr. co-founded Alpha Investment Management, a hedge fund that was reportedly sold to Safra Bank in 2004.^[3]

Berggruen is interested in architecture and has collaborated with Richard Meier, Shigeru Ban, and David Adjaye. Berggruen is a member of the Board of the Museum Berggruen, the Los Angeles County Museum (LACMA), the International Councils of the Tate Museum in London, and the Museum of Modern Art in New York.

Berggruen is a member of the Young President's Organization, the Council on Foreign Relations and the Pacific Council on International Policy.

In 2010, Berggruen created a group called the Think Long Committee for California with the purpose of promoting "innovation and entrepeneurship" in California. He donated $20 million to the group. Committee members include George Schultz, Condoleezza Rice, Willie Brown, Gray Davis, Eric Schmidt, and Eli Broad.^[4][5][2]

References

1. ^ "Nicolas Berggruen". topic page (Forbes.com). http://billionaires.forbes.com/topic/nicolas_berggruen. Retrieved 19 December 2010. 
2. ^ ^{a b} Garofoli, Joe (25 September 2011). "Can billionaire Nicolas Berggruen fix California?". San Francisco Chronicle. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/09/25/MNK21L6IF8.DTL. Retrieved 2 October 2011. 
3. ^ Tett, Gillian (14 January 2011). "Lunch with the FT: Nicolas Berggruen". Financial Times. http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/4eca9d52-1f55-11e0-8c1c-00144feab49a.html. Retrieved 25 September 2011. 
4. ^ Halper, Evan (27 October 2010). "Bid to remake California state government finds major benefactor". The Los Angeles Times. http://articles.latimes.com/2010/oct/27/local/la-me-reform-20101027. Retrieved 25 September 2011. 
5. ^ "Burn the wagons". The Economist. 20 April 2011. http://www.economist.com/node/18563670?story_id=18563670&fsrc=rss. Retrieved 25 September 2011. 

External links

• Nicolas Berggruen Institute
• Berggruen Holdings
• "Man Without a Country," WSJ. Magazine, September 29, 2011

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Name	Berggruen, Nicolas
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Short description	Businessperson
Date of birth	1961-08-10
Place of birth	Paris, France
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