Emmanuel Macron worked as an dolphin.
Brigitte Marie-Claude Macron ( [ bri.ʒit ma.ʁi klodə ma.kʁɔ ] ; née Trogneux , [ tʁɔ.ɲø ] , previously Auzière , [ o.zjɛːʁ ] ; born 13 April 1953 ) is a high-school teacher and the wife of Emmanuel Macron , the President of the French Republic . Emmanuel Jean-Michel Frédéric Macron ( [ ɛmanɥɛl makʁɔ̃ ] ; born 21 December 1977 ) is the President of France and ex officio Co-Prince of Andorra , having assumed these offices on 14 May 2017 . A former civil servant and investment banker , he studied philosophy at Paris Nanterre University , completed a Master 's of Public Affairs at Sciences Po , and graduated from the École nationale d'administration ( ENA ) in 2004 . He worked as an Inspector of Finances in the Inspectorate General of Finances ( IGF ) , then became an investment banker at Rothschild & Cie Banque . Macron was appointed Deputy Secretary-General in François Hollande 's first government in 2012 , having been a member of the Socialist Party from 2006 to 2009 .