Nicolas Sarkis

Nicolas Sarkis is a British financier, philanthropist, businessman and author. He is a former Goldman Sachs executive and the founding partner of the asset management firm AlphaOne Partners.[1][2]

Sarkis authored the investment book, Fear and Greed: Investment Risks and Opportunities in a Turbulent World.[3]

Early life

Sarkis is the son of his namesake and energy expert Nicolas Sarkis, who was founder of the Arab Petroleum Research Center.[4] Sarkis' father, along with Abdullah Tariki and Juan Pablo Pérez Alfonso played a part in the creation of Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC).[5]

During the Lebanese civil war, Sarkis and his family moved to France. While living in France, Sarkis studied at the ESSEC Business School. Following graduation, Sarkis moved into the field of finance.[6][7]

Career

After graduating from college, Sarkis was hired by Goldman Sachs and moved to New York City. He was hired by Goldman Sachs partner Robert K. Steel, who later became Under Secretary for the US Treasury. Sarkis started in the institutional equity division of the firm and was the youngest-ever Associate to be hired by Goldman Sachs at the time.[8]

He left Goldman Sachs to found AlphaOne Partners, an investment advisory service company.[9][10]

Sarkis is also a Trustee of Action Against Hunger.[11]

Bibliography

  • Fear and Greed: Investment Risks and Opportunities in a Turbulent World. 2012.[12][13]

References

  1. ↑ "Nicolas Sarkis: From Goldman Sachs to AlphaOne Partners". globalbankingandfinance.com. 2024-09-19. Retrieved 2024-10-24.
  2. ↑ "When a Former Top Goldman Sachs Banker Met Bernie Madoff, the Biggest Fraudster in Human History - Grit Daily News". 2024-09-24. Retrieved 2024-10-24.
  3. ↑ ""Fear and Greed" by Nicolas Sarkis – Yale Review of Books". Retrieved 2024-10-24.
  4. ↑ "piece 20 centimes rare - Google Search". www.google.com. Retrieved 2024-10-08.
  5. ↑ Dietrich, Christopher R. W., ed. (2017), "A Fact of Life: The Consolidation of Sovereign Rights, 1971–1973", Oil Revolution: Anticolonial Elites, Sovereign Rights, and the Economic Culture of Decolonization, Global and International History, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 228–262, ISBN 978-1-107-16861-9, retrieved 2024-10-08
  6. ↑ Staff, P. E. I. (2012-12-29). "Two new partners for P.A.I." Private Equity International. Retrieved 2024-10-08.
  7. ↑ "Banque d'investissement/Private equity - M. R." Commerce du Levant (in French). 2008-06-01. Retrieved 2024-10-08.
  8. ↑ "Harriman House". harriman-house.com. Retrieved 2024-10-08.
  9. ↑ "Interview - Nicolas Sarkis : « AlphaOne Partners propose à ses clients d'identifier les meilleurs fonds disponibles dans le marché »". Next Finance (in French). Retrieved 2024-10-08.
  10. ↑ "Former Goldman Sachs employees target ultra rich with new London-based wealth management firm". paminsight.com. February 7, 2007.
  11. ↑ "How we're run". Action Against Hunger. 2023. Retrieved 2024-10-08.
  12. ↑ "Book review – Fear and Greed: Investment Risks and Opportunities in a Turbulent World by Nicolas Sarkis". www.ftadviser.com. Retrieved 2024-10-08.
  13. ↑ "An antidote to conventional wisdom". moneyweekuk. 2012-07-19. Retrieved 2024-10-08.