NICOLAS BERGGRUEN is Founder and Chairman of the Berggruen Institute, the 21st Century Council; the Council for the Future of Europe, the Think Long Committee for California, the Berggruen Prize for Philosophy & Culture, and the Berggruen Fellowship Program. He sits on the boards of the Museum Berggruen and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art and is a member of the International Councils for the J. Paul Getty Trust, Tate Museum and the Museum of Modern Art.
He has collaborated on architectural projects with renowned architects such as Shigeru Ban, David Adjaye, and Richard Meier. Mr. Berggruen is the co-author of Intelligent Governance for the 21st Century and is co-publisher of TheWorldPost—both with Nathan Gardels. He is also Chairman of Berggruen Holdings.