Jean-Claude Trichet

About

President of the European Central Bank from 2003 until 2011. He was a member of the Bank for International Settlements board of directors.

Before Fame

He studied political science and French administration at the Institut d'études politiques de Paris and the École nationale d'administration.

Trivia

He won the Vision of Europe award in 2008.

Family Life

He was born into a Jewish family. They raised him in Lyon, France.

Associated With

He was fifth on the 2008 Newsweek list of the world's most powerful behind Ben Bernanke who was fourth.