Jean-Luc grew up in France and Luxemburg. He graduated from Ecole des Hautes Etudes Commerciales / HEC, Paris, with exchange programs at UC Berkeley/Haas School of Business, and Cologne University, Germany. His first career was Insurance Broker at Cabinet Diot SA in Paris, London and Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, with later emphasis on political and credit risk insurance. He then joined the Swiss commodity trading company Andre SA, specializing in the negotiation of countertrade & barter transactions with private and governmental organizations in Eastern Europe, Asia, Maghreb and the Middle East. In 1998 he moved to the USA in Portland, OR where he became a real estate broker and relocation specialist with Windermere Real Estate, while managing the US representation of Galerie d'Art Sylvie Platini. He moved in 2006 to Palo Alto and was an associate with Intero Los Altos and Menlo Park before joining the Palo Alto office of Alain Pinel Realtors, now Compass. Jean-Luc is a dual US & French citizen and lives in Palo Alto with his wife Debbie and their son Peter. Areas Covered: Peninsula from Burlingame to San Jose. Licensed: In the states of California (#01847917) and Oregon (#981000167 Inactive). Affiliated to NAR #709005828 and SILVAR.