Joseph Oughourlian is the founder of Amber Capital, a firm which he founded in New York in November 2005. Oughourlian began his career at Société Générale in Paris in 1994 and moved to New York in 1996.  

In 1997, he started managing Société Générale’s direct investments in New York, which led him to create the Amber Fund in October 2001 with initial capital from the bank. He was made a director of PRISA in December 2015 and became Vice-Chairman of the Board in April 2019. In February 2021, he was named Chairman.