Daniel Sachs
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| Born | April 2, 1970 |
| Title | Business leader |
| Relatives | Joen 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
[edit]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
[edit]Daniel Sachs is married to Caroline Sachs, former CEO of the Axfoundation, and has three children.[2][3]
Filmography (Executive Producer)
[edit]- 2006 – Om Gud vill
- 2008 – Downloading Nancy
- 2010 – Cornelis
- 2013 – Stockholm Stories
- 2018 – Gräns
- 2018 – Sthlm Rekviem (TV-serie)
- 2019 – Everything I Don't Remember (TV-serie)
- 2020 – Agent Hamilton (TV-serie)
- 2021 – Mamman (shortfilm)
References
[edit]- ^ "Daniel Sachs, 54 år i Stockholm på Hunduddsvägen 60 – telefon, ålder och födelsedag". Birthday.se (in Swedish). Retrieved September 17, 2024.
- ^ a b Pallas, Hynek (July 15, 2017). ""Att leva nära kulturen har blivit ett existentiellt behov"". Dagens Nyheter (in Swedish). pp. 6–8. Retrieved October 4, 2024.
- ^ a b c d Sandholm Hellner, Annika (August 23, 2024). "Den idealistiska kapitalisten". Dagens Industri (in Swedish). pp. 10–18.
- ^ "Daniel Sachs slutar som VD". News Powered by Cision (in Swedish). July 2, 2001. Retrieved September 17, 2024.
- ^ "Daniel Sachs lämnar Spray". www.dagensmedia.se (in Swedish). Retrieved September 17, 2024.
- ^ Lindgren, Martin (September 1, 2022). "Daniel Sachs slutar som Proventus vd". Dagens Industri (in Swedish). p. 14.
- ^ "Många svenskar på toppmöte i Davos". Realtid (in Swedish). January 13, 2009. Retrieved September 30, 2024.
- ^ "🌅 Obama is community organizing for the future". Warp News. August 19, 2022. Retrieved October 8, 2024.
- ^ ""Näringslivet tar demokratin för given"". Dagens industri (in Swedish). August 22, 2024. Retrieved October 8, 2024.
- ^ "Daniel Sachs". www.opensocietyfoundations.org. Retrieved September 17, 2024.
- ^ "Stiftelsen Höj Rösten". October 18, 2021. Archived from the original on October 18, 2021. Retrieved September 17, 2024.
- ^ "Sachs vill granska kapitalismen". DN.se (in Swedish). September 22, 2008. Retrieved September 17, 2024.
- ^ Forum, World Economic. "3 Ways Leaders Can Activate Responsible Leadership In Uncertain Times". Forbes. Retrieved September 30, 2024.
- ^ "Board". ApoliticalFoundation. Retrieved September 17, 2024.
- ^ "Slår ihjäl Bonnier-ryktena". www.resume.se (in Swedish). Retrieved September 17, 2024.
- ^ Lundberg, Patrik (August 7, 2013). "Sachs gör slut med sina demoner". Aftonbladet (in Swedish). Retrieved October 5, 2024.