French and Swiss national, born in 1964. In 1987 Thierry Amsallem met Claude Nobs, who offered him an opportunity to apply his information-technology know-how to the Montreux Jazz Festival by hiring him several months before he had even finished his Master’s degree. Amsallem quickly developed innovative software solutions for the Festival and for Warner Music International, directed in Switzerland by Claude Nobs.

Following the passing of Claude Nobs, Amsallem created the Claude Nobs Foundation in order to ensure the legacy of the founder of the Montreux Jazz Festival.