14 Facts About Richard Attias

Richard Attias was born on 19 November 1959 and is a Moroccan events producer, founder and former chairman of PublicisLive and currently the executive chairman of Richard Attias and Associates.

Richard Attias is the founder of The New York Forum and the co-founder of the Clinton Global Initiative and the Nobel Laureates Conference.

Richard Attias graduated as a civil engineer from the Institut national des sciences appliquees de Toulouse, and got a master in Mathematics and Physics from the Paris University.

Richard Attias 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.

Richard 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.

Richard 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, Richard Attias moved to New York and became chairman of Publicis Events Worldwide.

Richard Attias was the chairman the Advisory Board of the Center on Capitalism and Society from 2009 to 2010.

Since October 2013, Richard 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.

In 2008, Richard Attias was named special advisor to the Emirate of Dubai to provide a comprehensive strategy to make the city a destination for major conferences, and cultural and sporting events.

In 2008, Richard Attias married the former First Lady of France, Cecilia Ciganer-Albeniz.

Richard Attias has lived in France, Switzerland, Japan, Dubai and New York.

Richard Attias currently serves as vice president for the Cecilia Richard Attias Foundation for Women, which supports non-profit organizations dedicated to promoting women's well-being and equality worldwide.

Richard Attias completed his studies in civil engineering at the Institut national des sciences appliquees de Toulouse, and earned a master's degree in mathematics and physics from the University of Paris.