Jean-Yves Naouri

Jean-Yves Naouri (born 1959) is a French political advisor and businessman. He is the former chief operating officer of Publicis. He is the founder of JYN Consulting. Early life Jean-Yves Naouri was born on 19 November 1959 in Bône, French Algeria (now Algeria). His brother, Jean-Charles Naouri, is the majority shareholder, chairman and CEO of Groupe Casino. Their family was Jewish; their father was a paediatrician. They emigrated to mainland France as children. Naouri graduated from the École Polytechnique in 1979, followed by the École des Mines. Career Naouri started his career as a Corps des mines, where he worked in the oil industry. He was appointed as an advisor to Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the Minister of Industry and Foreign Trade, in 1991.