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Richard Attias (born November 19, 1959) is a Moroccan〔 Justine Boivin, (Richard Attias, Un Prince charmant très influent ), ''Gala'', 6 March 2008〕 events producer, founder and former chairman of PublicisLive and presently the executive chairman of Richard Attias and Associates, and the founder of The New York Forum. == Background == Attias was born into a Jewish family. He graduated as a civil engineer from the Institut national des sciences appliquées de Toulouse, and got a master in Mathematics and Physics from the Paris University. He began his career as a sales executive at IBM France and in 1986 became the General Manager of Econocom France and Econocom Japan, a computer leasing company.〔 During the 1990s, Attias founded an Event Management Company and produced various global events including the Zurich Insurances, Egypt Economic Development Conference for the Egyptian Government,〔http://www.cnbc.com/id/102502780#.〕 IBM, conventions and Boris Yeltsin's visit to France.〔 Attias sold part of his company to Publicis in 1998 and founded a company which produced events for various clients including IBM, l'Oreal, Unilever, BT, Avaya, Lenovo, EDF, Sanofi-Aventis, and different governments. Attias was named Chairman of the Board of Publicis Dialog which combined the operations of Publicis Events and a range of marketing services. In 2004, Attias moved to New York and became chairman of Publicis Events Worldwide. Attias was the Chairman the Advisory Board of the Center on Capitalism and Society from 2009-2010. In 2009, Attias founded Richard Attias and Associates, a strategic consulting firm with offices in New York, Paris, London, Rabat and Dubai, that supports government and non-governmental organizations worldwide, where he fulfills the position of Executive Chairman.〔(EnvironmentalExpert. )〕 In December 2013, WPP, the global marketing services company, has taken a 30% stake in RA&A.〔(The Guardian. )〕 Attias remains chairman of RAA. Since October 2013, Attias is a member of the 4Afrika Advisory Council, an external board of advisers tasked with guiding strategic investments undertaken by the Microsoft 4Afrika Initiative.〔(CNB Africa. )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Richard Attias」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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