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Daniel Sachs
Born (1970-04-02) April 2, 1970 (age 54)
Stockholm
TitleBusiness leader
RelativesJoen 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

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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] Between 2003 and 2022, he served as the CEO of the investment firm Proventus AB. He is also the founder and CEO of P Capital Partners, a lender and financial partner for entrepreneurial and family-owned businesses across Northern Europe. P Capital Partners was acquired by Sachs and its employees in 2013. Additionally, Sachs serves on the board of Wallenberg Investments AB.[6][7]

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.[8] 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)[9][10] and an advisor to the Europe program at Chatham House in London[11][12][13]

In 2010, he founded the Daniel Sachs Foundation, a non-partisan philanthropic organization dedicated to political thought and the defense of democracy. The foundation collaborates with other organizations such as Apolitical Foundation, Multitudes Foundation and Höj Rösten Politikerskola in Sweden.[14] [15]

In 2021, he founded the Foundation for Democracy & Pluralism, a fund that supports projects that aim to promote free and just societies with a strong anchoring in democratic principles. [16]

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.[17] 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.[18]

Personal life

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Daniel Sachs is married to Caroline Sachs, former CEO of the Axfoundation, and has three children.[2][3]

Filmography (Executive Producer)

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  • 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

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  1. ^ "Daniel Sachs, 54 år i Stockholm på Hunduddsvägen 60 – telefon, ålder och födelsedag". Birthday.se (in Swedish). Retrieved September 17, 2024.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ a b c Sandholm Hellner, Annika (August 23, 2024). "Den idealistiska kapitalisten". Dagens Industri (in Swedish). pp. 10–18.
  4. ^ "Daniel Sachs slutar som VD". News Powered by Cision (in Swedish). July 2, 2001. Retrieved September 17, 2024.
  5. ^ "Daniel Sachs lämnar Spray". www.dagensmedia.se (in Swedish). Retrieved September 17, 2024.
  6. ^ ""Näringslivet tar demokratin för given"". Dagens industri (in Swedish). August 22, 2024. Retrieved November 25, 2024.
  7. ^ Lindgren, Martin (September 1, 2022). "Daniel Sachs slutar som Proventus vd". Dagens Industri (in Swedish). p. 14.
  8. ^ "Många svenskar på toppmöte i Davos". Realtid (in Swedish). January 13, 2009. Retrieved September 30, 2024.
  9. ^ "🌅 Obama is community organizing for the future". Warp News. August 19, 2022. Retrieved October 8, 2024.
  10. ^ ""Näringslivet tar demokratin för given"". Dagens industri (in Swedish). August 22, 2024. Retrieved October 8, 2024.
  11. ^ "Daniel Sachs". www.opensocietyfoundations.org. Retrieved September 17, 2024.
  12. ^ "Stiftelsen Höj Rösten". October 18, 2021. Archived from the original on October 18, 2021. Retrieved September 17, 2024.
  13. ^ "Sachs vill granska kapitalismen". DN.se (in Swedish). September 22, 2008. Retrieved September 17, 2024.
  14. ^ "Daniel Sachs Stiftelse". October 16, 2021. Archived from the original on October 16, 2021. Retrieved December 16, 2024.
  15. ^ Fabriken. "Daniel Sachs Foundation". Daniel Sachs Foundation. Retrieved December 16, 2024.
  16. ^ "Democracy Pluralism | Promoting free and fair democracies". democracypluralism.org (in Swedish). Retrieved December 16, 2024.
  17. ^ "Slår ihjäl Bonnier-ryktena". www.resume.se (in Swedish). Retrieved September 17, 2024.
  18. ^ Lundberg, Patrik (August 7, 2013). "Sachs gör slut med sina demoner". Aftonbladet (in Swedish). Retrieved October 5, 2024.
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