Tidjane Thiam

Ivorian businessman and politician

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Updated 2026-06-23

Tidjane Thiam is an Ivorian businessman and politician. He was the chief executive officer (CEO) of Swiss bank Credit Suisse from March 2015 to February 2020. He was the chief financial officer of British banking group Prudential from 2007 to 2009, and then its CEO until 2015. In 2019, Thiam became a member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC). He was executive chairman of Freedom Acquisition Corp, a special-purpose acquisition company that merged with American solar company Complete Solaria in 2023, taking the latter public.