Mr. Wais is president of Marwais International LLC, based in Luxembourg. He spent many years working in his family’s various steel companies, including Caine Steel of Chicago and Pinole Point Steel Co. and the Marwais Steel Company of the San Francisco Bay area, culminating as president and chief executive officer of Marwais Steel. Mr. Wais earned an AB in history from the University of Chicago in 1963 and an MBA from the Harvard Business School in 1965. He is chairman of the American Hospital of Paris; president of the American Library in Paris USA Foundation; and a trustee emeritus of the University of Chicago.