Let's make this birthday one to remember.

82 years old (Born on December 20, 1942)

Happy birthday, Jean-Claude Trichet! With precision sharper than a banker's pinstripe suit and steadiness rivaling the euro itself, your leadership steered Europe through financial storms. Who else could make central banking look effortlessly suave amid market meltdowns? Surely no one handles fiscal turbulence with quite as much charm!

From presiding at the ECB during crucial times to guiding global monetary discussions aboard institutions like BIS, you brought humor and wisdom to finance—a feat rarer than negative interest rates. May this year bring joyful returns higher even than bond yields—because you've always earned AAA ratings in our hearts!