Shéhérazade Semsar de Boisséson
Shéhérazade Semsar-de Boisséson is a Franco-Iranian businesswoman.Biography
Daughter of the journalist and Editor-in-Chief of Kayhan, Mehdi Semsar, and of Guity Elahi, Semsar-de Boisséson is an alumna of Georgetown University School of Foreign Service, where she completed her bachelor's and master's degrees in 1990 at the age of 21 years old. She began her career at Ciba-Geigy in 1990.
In 1993, aged 23, she founded Development Institute International, one of France's leading conference providers. In 2013, she acquired European Voice from the Economist Group. As publisher and owner of European Voice she relaunched its website and created new services. In December 2014, POLITICO and Axel Springer acquired European Voice and DII. Semsar-de Boisséson became the CEO of POLITICO in Europe.Personal life
Semsar-de Boisséson is married to Laurent de Boisséson. They have three children: Inès, Louise and Cyrus.Other activities
Semsar-de Boisséson served on the Board of Directors of Georgetown University from 2013 to 2019. She is serving on the Advisory Board of Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security. She is also a member of the Board of Directors of the French-American Foundation.
