Jean-Yves Naouri

Jean-Yves Naouri (born 1959) is a French political advisor and businessman. He is the former chief operating officer of Publicis. He is the founder of JYN Consulting.

Jean-Yves Naouri
Born19 November 1959 (1959-11-19) (age 61)
Bône, French Algeria
Alma materÉcole Polytechnique
École des Mines
OccupationBusiness executive
Children1 son, 2 daughters
RelativesJean-Charles Naouri (brother)
Gabriel Naouri (nephew)

Early life

Jean-Yves Naouri was born on 19 November 1959 in Bône, French Algeria (now Algeria).[1][2] His brother, Jean-Charles Naouri, is the majority shareholder, chairman and CEO of Groupe Casino. Their family was Jewish; their father was a paediatrician.[2] They emigrated to mainland France as children.[2]

Naouri graduated from the École Polytechnique in 1979,[2] followed by the École des Mines.[3]

Career

Naouri started his career as a Corps des mines,[4] where he worked in the oil industry.[2] He was appointed as an advisor to Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the Minister of Industry and Foreign Trade, in 1991.[2]

Naouri joined Publicis as a founding partner of its Publicis Consultants subsidiary in 1993.[1][2][4] He was subsequently promoted as president of Publicis Conseil, its advertising agency, and later oversaw its operations in the Nordics, Germany, Belgium, The Netherlands and Luxembourg.[2] He served as the chief operating officer of Publicis from 2010 to 2014.[1] He also served as the CEO of Publicis Worldwide from March 2011 to October 2013.[1][5] He served on the board of directors of Publicis until September 2014.[6] In 2015, he sued Publicis for 20 million euros after they failed to give him his golden parachute; he lost the lawsuit in 2016.[7][8]

Naouri is the founder of JYN Consulting, a consulting firm.[7]

Personal life

Naouri is married.[2] He has a son and two daughters.[2]

References
  1. "Company Overview of Publicis Worldwide BV: Jean-Yves Naouri". Bloomberg. Retrieved November 2, 2016.
  2. "The man who would be king". Campaign. May 17, 2012. Retrieved November 2, 2016.
  3. "Jean-Yves Naouri". World Economic Forum. Retrieved November 2, 2016.
  4. Debouté, Alexandre (March 30, 2011). "Jean-Yves Naouri propulsé patron du réseau Publicis". Le Figaro. Retrieved November 2, 2016.
  5. Belleville, Renaud (June 5, 2014). "Jean-Yves Naouri : les illusions perdues du dauphin". L'Opinion. Retrieved November 2, 2016.
  6. "Publicis: Jean-Yves Naouri quitte le directoire". Le Figaro. September 16, 2014. Retrieved November 2, 2016.
  7. Henni, Jamal (April 20, 2015). "Publicis: le dauphin déchu porte plainte". BFMTV. Retrieved November 2, 2016.
  8. Henni, Jamal (May 2, 2016). "L'ex-dauphin de Maurice Levy perd son procès contre Publicis". BFMTV. Retrieved November 2, 2016.


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