A trust was established in the United States

It is at the Harvard Club, New York, Pierre Tapie, the President of the ESSEC business school, came in early September launch the U.S. portion of its fundraising campaign. In the rooms at the Brown woodwork of this very select club found themselves some of the former, as the Financial Director of Lazard, Matthew Bucaille, or the pattern of Sotheby's, Bruno Vinciguerra, who remained very loyal to their school. "Our alumni provide us an interface with the American business world," observed Pierre Tapie.

Like Sciences po and HEC, who had an identical approach year past ("Les Echos" of February 16, 2009), Pierre Tapie came to seek the generosity of the accompanied by a "star" of the business, Gilles Pélisson, former Harvard and network of the ESSEC business school, and pattern of Accor. Already donor, with the contractor Denis Payre, of an amphitheatre of nicknamed school "of Lyon" because of their origin (100,000 euros), it has pledged 250,000 euros over five years. Jean Arvis, Honotel President, signed a cheque for 100,000 euros. "I have the sense to invest in the maintenance of the degree." "I want not regret to have chosen the ESSEC business school," he said.

The model of the "endowment".

Jean-Philippe Chomette, the pattern of the Algonquin Hotel Group, has benefited from this meeting mounted by the President of the elders of the ESSEC business school in the United States, Anne de Louvigny Stone, to advocate the adoption of U.S. and including "endowment" funds (capital endowment that pays interest), the Harvard (24.7 billion at June 30, 2010) is the most emblematic. Still modest for the moment, the associative Fund of Essec is rich of EUR 2 million, but "it is a fundamental tool for the school, which will improve its resilience," provides Jean-Pierre Chomette.

Same approach in CET. On the EUR 100 million that the school seeks to lift since 2008, reserve 50 million for a fund "endowment". A "trust" was established in the United States. It is chaired by Elsa Berry, who represents veterans in New York, says Barbara de Colombes, General delegate of the HEC Foundation. The school wants to lift 5 million alone in the United States, and to have already received 2 million. Since last year, an ad hoc Campaign Committee was formed with representatives in New York, Chicago, San Francisco as well as in Florida.

Sciences po, table on 60 million euros of promises of donations to end of 2010, "is rather a little in advance on the program", according to Alban Gaudaire, Director of the pole relations at Sciences po donors, has implemented its American Foundation last year. It is chaired by journalist Anne Sinclair and Maria Theresa Monte is the Executive Director in New York from October 1. At the launch of the international campaign dinner, January 30, 2009 in Manhattan, Sciences po could announce grants $ 1 million. They should reach $ 3 million at end-2010, particularly after the generous donation of 1.5 million of Michel David-Weill. The school provides a new gala dinner in New York in June, but, unlike the first, must be self-financing.