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Maxim Behar

Maxim Behar is a Bulgarian businessman of Jewish descent who founded the public relations company M3 Communications Group, Inc in 1994.

born 1955Founding M3 Communications GroupCo-founding the Standard DailyHonorary consul of the Seychelles

Born: 10 December 1955, Shumen
Occupation: journalist, diplomat
Education: Prague University of Economics and Business
Founded: M3 Communications Group, Inc (1994)

Maxim Behar was born in 1955 in Shumen

Maxim Behar was born on December 10, 1955, in Shumen, Bulgaria. He is of Jewish descent. In 1983 he graduated in international economic relations from the Prague Economic University.

From 1985 to 1989 he reported for the daily Rabotnichesko delo in Shumen, and from 1989 to 1991 he was its correspondent in Warsaw. From 1992 to 1995 he was a co-founder and managing editor of the Standard Daily, one of the first private daily newspapers in Bulgaria.

In 1994 he founded M3 Communications Group, Inc, which he leads as CEO and chairman, and since 2000 he has been a partner of Hill+Knowlton Strategies. In 2003 he co-founded Miller & Behar Strategies with former Nevada Governor Bob Miller and founded M3 Communications College. He was president of the Bulgarian Business Leaders Forum from 2001 to 2007.

In 2004 he was appointed honorary consul of the Seychelles to Bulgaria. He is president of the International Communications Consultancy Organization and chairman of the World Communications Forum in Davos. He was made an honorary citizen of Shumen in 2005 and received the Gold Stevie Award in 2015.