Daniel Sachs
Swedish businessman (born 1970)
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Joen Daniel Sachs, (born April 2, 1970[1]) is a Swedish businessperson, entrepreneur and film producer.
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| Born | 2 April 1970 |
| Occupations | Businessman, entrepreneur, film producer |
| Known for | Private equity leader and acted as executive producer in film production |
| Spouse | Caroline Sachs |
| Children | 3 |
| Parent(s) | Joen Sachs (father) and Lisbeth Sachs (mother) |
| Relatives | Josef Sachs (grandfather) |
Early life and education
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-grandfather, 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]
Career
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.
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]
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.[14]
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.[15]
Philanthropy
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.[16][17]
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.[18]
Personal life
Daniel Sachs is married to Caroline Sachs, former CEO of the Axfoundation, and has three children.[2][3]
Filmography (Executive Producer)
- 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)