Daniel Sachs


Joen Daniel Sachs, is a Swedish businessperson, entrepreneur and film producer.

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, which was started by Sachs' great-grandfather, Josef Sachs. 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.
Sachs holds an MBA from the Stockholm School of Economics and the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.

Career

He first worked in the private equity firm Segulah 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. 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.
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. He is also a member of the European Council on Foreign Relations, vice-chair of George Soros' Open Society Foundations, collaborator at Obama Foundation and an advisor to the Europe program at Chatham House in London
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.
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, Cornelis, and Gräns. He was one of the hosts for the popular radio programme Sommar in 2013.

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.
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.

Personal life

Daniel Sachs is married to Caroline Sachs, former CEO of the Axfoundation, and has three children.

Filmography (Executive Producer)