Tidjane Thiam is one of the most popular and richest Entrepreneur who was born on July 29, 1962 in Ivory Coast, France.
Thiam was born in the Ivory Coast (Cote d’Ivoire) on 29 July 1962. He is a descendant of two prominent families from Senegal and Ivory Coast. On his mother’s side, he is a descendant of Queen Yamousso, after whom the capital of Côte d’Ivoire, Yamoussoukro, is named. Thiam’s mother, Marietou, was the niece of Chief Félix Houphouët-Boigny, the founder and first President of Côte d’Ivoire (known for the quote “People are surprised that I like gold. It’s just that I was born in it”).
Tidjane Thiam (French: [tidʒan tiam] ; born 29 July 1962) is a French-Ivorian banker who was the chief executive officer (CEO) of Swiss bank Credit Suisse from March 2015 to February 2020. He was the chief financial officer of British banking group Prudential from 2007 to 2009, and then its CEO until 2013.
His father, Amadou Thiam, a journalist, was born in Senegal and emigrated to Côte d’Ivoire in 1947. He supported Houphouet-Boigny in his fight for the independence of the country and served more than ten years in the Ivorian cabinet after independence.
