Awards & Recognition
★Banker of the Year 2018 - Euromoney
★Chevalier of the Legion d'Honneur (France) - 2011
★Grand Prix de l'Économie by Les Échos and Radio Classique - 2013
★TIME Magazine Top 100 Most Influential People
★IOC Member since 2019
Notable Facts
→Former CEO of Credit Suisse (2015-2020), one of world's largest investment banks
→Former CEO of Prudential plc (2009-2015), first black CEO of FTSE 100 company
→First Ivorian to pass École Polytechnique entrance exam in Paris
→Member of International Olympic Committee since 2019
→Chair of G20 High Level Panel on Infrastructure
→Currently leading Ivory Coast's main opposition party PDCI
→Executive Chairman of Freedom Acquisition Corp SPAC
→Net worth estimated at $100 million
→Son of prominent Ivorian political family, mother was niece of first president