Shéhérazade Semsar de Boisséson

Shéhérazade Semsar-de Boisséson
Native name Shéhérazade Semsar-de Boisséson
Born (1968-12-27) December 27, 1968
Tehran
Citizenship France
Alma mater Georgetown University, Washington DC

Shéhérazade Semsar-de Boisséson (born 27 December 1968) is a Franco-Iranian business woman.

Biography

Daughter of the journalist and Editor-in-Chief of Kayhan, Mehdi Semsar (1929–2003) and of Guity Elahi (founder of Omid Journalism Award), Shéhérazade is a prominent alumni of Georgetown University School of Foreign Service[1] where she completed her Bachelor and Masters in 1990 at the age of 21 years old. She began her career at Ciba-Geigy in 1990. In 1993, at the age of 23 years old she founded Development institute international, one of France's leading conference providers.[2] In 2013, she acquired European Voice from The Economist Group.[3] As publisher and owner of European Voice she relaunched its website and created new services. In December 2014, POLITICO and Axel Springer, acquired European Voice and Dii.[4] Sheherazade Semsar-de Boisséson became the Managing Director of POLITICO in Europe.[5] Shéhérazade is married to Laurent de Boisséson and they have three children Inès, Louise and Cyrus.

Other Activities

Shéhérazade Semsar-de Boisséson serves on the Board of Directors of Georgetown University[6][7] since 2013. She is also member of the Board of Directors of the French-American Foundation.[8]

References

  1. ↑ "Georgetown University School of Foreign Service". Georgetown University.
  2. ↑ "Les Echos". Les Echos. Retrieved 1 May 2002.
  3. ↑ "Les Echos". Les Echos. Retrieved 22 April 2013.
  4. ↑ "Axel Springer". Axel Springer.
  5. ↑ "POLITICO". POLITICO.
  6. ↑ "Georgetown University". Georgetown University.
  7. ↑ President and Directors of Georgetown College
  8. ↑ "French American Foundation". French American Foundation.
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