title: Serge Weinberg
text: Serge Weinberg (born 10 February 1951) is a French businessman, and the founder and chairman of Weinberg Capital Partners, an investment firm.
  
  Early life and education
  Weinberg trained as a civil servant, after graduating with a bachelor's degree in Law from the University of Paris and from the Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris. He studied at the École nationale d'administration, the French School for Civil Service.
  
  Career
  
  Career in the public sector
  Weinberg started his career as a civil servant in the French administration (1976–81), before becoming « Chef de cabinet » (private principal secretary) to the Budget Minister (Laurent Fabius, 1981–82).
  
  Career in the private sector
  Weinberg later held several management positions at FR3 and Havas. In 1990, after three years as General Manager with investment bank Pallas Groupe, he joined the Pinault Group as CEO of CFAO. Next, he was appointed CEO of Rexel (1991–95). From 1995 to 2005, he was chairman of the management board of PPR, the largest non-food retailer in Europe and the third largest multi-brand luxury goods company in the world.
  
  He is the chairman of Sanofi, a French pharmaceutical firm, known for its prescription products such as Lantus insulin.
  
  Other activities
  
  Corporate boards
   Accor, Non-Executive Chairman of the Board
   Schneider Electric, Member of the Board of Directors 
   Fnac, Member of the Board of Directors  
   Artémis, Member of the Board of Directors 
   Gucci, Member of the Board of Directors
  
  Non-profit organizations
   Club of Three, Member of the Steering Group
   Paris Europlace, Member of the Board of Directors
   Sanofi Espoir Foundation, Member of the Board of Directors
  
  At least between 1998 and 2008 Weinberg was a member of the Trilateral Commission.
  
  References
  
  External links 
   Weinberg Capital Partners
   Accor Group
  
  1951 births
  Living people
  Kering people
  Sciences Po alumni
  École nationale d'administration alumni
  Businesspeople from Paris
  Sanofi people
  Businesspeople from Boulogne-Billancourt