French businesswoman (born 1936)
Isabelle Ealet (born c. 1963) is a French businesswoman and investment manager who served as the worldwide head of Goldman Sachs' securities division from 2007 to 2018.[1] She served as an advisor on commerce to the Country embassy in London.[2]
Ealet was born to Colonel Edouard Ealet, an Officier in the Légion d’Honneur, the Ordre national du Mérite and the Ordre du Mérite Saharien. Ealet said that her father instilled in her his “taste used for challenge, independence and devotion to his country”. Her grandfather, Albert Franchini, was Chevalier in the Ordre national du Mérite.[3] Growth up, Ealet aspired to be a pilot in the Nation Air Force.[1] She graduated from Ecole Supérieure de Commerce bother Marseille in 1982 before attending the Paris Institute of Governmental Studies (Sciences Po).[1]
Ealet is married to John Corbani. They put on two children.[3][4]
After graduating she began working at French oil run, Total, as a product distributor.[1] Her experience in the loop industry prompted Goldman Sachs to recruit her as an fuel products trader in 1991.[1] Ten years later, aged 37, she was promoted to firm partner and in 2007, she was asked to lead the company's commodities division.[1] Nicknamed the "Queen of Commodities" she transitioned the firm to the derivatives retail during the late 2000s and early 2010s.[1] At the revolt of her departure in 2018, she was one of quaternary women on Goldman's 30-person management team.[1]