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Muslim Democrats of the World, Unite!
Opinion piece by Felix Marquardt on HuffPost.
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Felix Marquardt
Author & Founder, Youthonomics
- Paris, France
- Global Policy & Diplomacy
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Felix Marquardt is an author, entrepreneur and strategic adviser, born and raised in Paris. He is the founder and chair of Youthonomics, a think tank and data analytics social business focused on youth empowerment, which publishes the Youthonomics Global Index.
Earlier in his career he wrote speeches for the chief executives of Vivendi Universal Publishing and L'Oréal, and from 2004 ran communications for the International Herald Tribune. He has advised several heads of state, and contributes to outlets including CNN, the BBC, The New York Times, The Guardian and Die Welt.
He co-founded the pan-European movement Europeans Now with Daniel Cohn-Bendit in 2013, and the Al Kawakibi Foundation, a reformist Islamic think tank, with Anwar Ibrahim and Adnan Ibrahim. In 2012 he helped launch the Barrez-vous! movement encouraging young French people to go abroad.
His book The New Nomads: How the Migration Revolution is Making the World a Better Place (Simon & Schuster, 2021) argues that migration is at the core of the human experience and a force for good.
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2021
Author — The New Nomads
Published The New Nomads: How the Migration Revolution is Making the World a Better Place with Simon & Schuster UK.
Publisher page2015
Founder & Chair — Youthonomics
Founded Youthonomics, a think tank and data analytics social business on youth empowerment, and its Youthonomics Global Index.
Source2013
Co-founder — Europeans Now
Co-founded the pan-European liberal movement Europeans Now with Daniel Cohn-Bendit.
Source2004
Head of Communications — International Herald Tribune
Ran communications for the International Herald Tribune.
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Youthonomics
Founder & Chair2015–Present
Think tank and data analytics social business focused on youth empowerment.
Al Kawakibi Foundation
Co-founderPresent
Reformist Islamic think tank co-founded with Anwar Ibrahim and Adnan Ibrahim.
Europeans Now
Co-founder2013
Pan-European liberal movement co-founded with Daniel Cohn-Bendit.
Marquardt & Marquardt
Co-founder2009
Public relations firm co-founded with his brother, Max Marquardt.
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Book2021
The New Nomads: How the Migration Revolution is Making the World a Better Place
Simon & Schuster UKISBN: 9781471177378
Part memoir, part generational manifesto on migration as a force for good.
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Felix Marquardt is an author, entrepreneur and strategic adviser, born and raised in Paris. He is the founder and chair of Youthonomics, a think tank and data analytics social business focused on yout…
Earlier in his career he wrote speeches for the chief executives of Vivendi Universal Publishing and L'Oréal, and from 2004 ran communications for the International Herald Tribune. He has advised several heads of state, and contributes to outlets including CNN, the BBC, The New York Times, The Guardian and Die Welt.
He co-founded the pan-European movement Europeans Now with Daniel Cohn-Bendit in 2013, and the Al Kawakibi Foundation, a reformist Islamic think tank, with Anwar Ibrahim and Adnan Ibrahim. In 2012 he helped launch the Barrez-vous! movement encouraging young French people to go abroad.
His book The New Nomads: How the Migration Revolution is Making the World a Better Place (Simon & Schuster, 2021) argues that migration is at the core of the human experience and a force for good.
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Founder & Chair at Youthonomics
Think tank and data analytics social business focused on youth empowerment.
Co-founder at Al Kawakibi Foundation
Reformist Islamic think tank co-founded with Anwar Ibrahim and Adnan Ibrahim.
Co-founder at Europeans Now
Pan-European liberal movement co-founded with Daniel Cohn-Bendit.
Co-founder at Marquardt & Marquardt
Public relations firm co-founded with his brother, Max Marquardt.