Shéhérazade Semsar de Boisséson

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Shéhérazade Semsar-de Boisséson
Shéhérazade Semsar-de Boisséson
Born (1968-12-27) 27 December 1968 (age 53)
Tehran, Imperial State of Iran
CitizenshipFrance
Alma materGeorgetown University, Washington DC

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

Biography[]

Daughter of the journalist and Editor-in-Chief of Kayhan, Mehdi Semsar (1929–2003), and of Guity Elahi (founder of Omid Journalism Award), Semsar-de Boisséson is an alumna of Georgetown University School of Foreign Service,[1] where she completed her bachelor's and master's degrees in 1990 at the age of 21 years old. She began her career at Ciba-Geigy in 1990.

In 1993, aged 23, she founded Development Institute International (DII), 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][5][6] Semsar-de Boisséson became the CEO of POLITICO in Europe.[7][8][9][10][11]

Personal life[]

Semsar-de Boisséson is married to Laurent de Boisséson.[12][circular reference] They have three children: Inès, Louise and Cyrus.

Other activities[]

Semsar-de Boisséson served on the Board of Directors of Georgetown University[13][14] from 2013 to 2019. She is serving on the Advisory Board of Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security.[15] She is also a member of the Board of Directors of the French-American Foundation.[16]

References[]

  1. ^ "Georgetown University School of Foreign Service". Georgetown University.
  2. ^ "Shéhérazade Semsar: Les mille et une conférences". Les Échos. Retrieved 10 May 2002.
  3. ^ "Les Echos". Les Echos. Retrieved 22 April 2013.
  4. ^ "Axel Springer". Axel Springer.
  5. ^ "Politico Pierces the 'Brussels Bubble' With U.S.-Style Coverage". New York Times. Retrieved 24 April 2016.
  6. ^ "Can Politico make Brussels sexy?". The Guardian. Retrieved 18 June 2015.
  7. ^ "POLITICO". POLITICO.
  8. ^ "Politico: the US news site launches in Europe". Evening Standard.
  9. ^ "Politico Europe sera à l'équilibre cette année". Le Figaro. Retrieved 2 August 2019.
  10. ^ "Tower of Industries". Columbia Journalism Review.
  11. ^ "After reaching profitability in 2019,POLITICO EU aims for 10% revenue growth this year". Digiday.
  12. ^ "Famille Barbara de Labelotterie de Boisséson". Wikipedia.
  13. ^ "Georgetown University". Georgetown University.
  14. ^ President and Directors of Georgetown College
  15. ^ "GIWPS Advisory Board". Georgetown University.
  16. ^ "French American Foundation". French American Foundation.

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