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He was counselor to the Culture Minister Giuliano Urbani for five years, and on May 16, 2008, he was appointed by the Italian government Adviser for Cultural Events and Foreign Relations to the Italian Minister Sandro Bondi. He received the America Award of the Italy-USA Foundation in 2010. He was awarded Chevalier de la Légion d'Honneur in July 2009 and he received the Medaille de Vermeil award from the Académie Française in November 2010. He is a journalist at La Stampa, the daily newspaper of Turin, and teaches at the University of Pennsylvania (UPenn).

Since 2007 Elkann has been the president of Fondazione CittàItalia while the current president is Alberto Improda. He is currently president of the Alliance française of Turin, president of Mecenate 90 (Rome), president of the scientific committee of Palazzo Te (Mantua), president of the FIAC of New York (Italian Foundation for Art and Culture), vice president of the Fondazione Rosselli, board member of the IULM University of Milan (where he teaches literature and arts), board member of the Museo Mega (Gallarate), member of the jury of Premio internazionale Mondello Palermo and of Premio Roma, and image consultant for the municipality of Milan.

From 2004 to 2012 he was the president of the Egyptian Museum of Turin.

In 1975, Elkann married Margherita Agnelli, daughter of the deceased president of FIAT Gianni Agnelli, with whom he had three children, two (Lapo Elkann and John Elkann) were involved in their grandfather's company, with Lapo now in fashion, his daughter (Ginevra Elkann) now in the movie industry. His children were baptized and raised Catholic. After divorcing his wife in 1981, Elkann remarried with Rosy Greco in 2002; she was also Roman Catholic. They divorced in 2009. He has French and Italian citizenship.

Alain Elkann (born March 23, 1950) is an Italian novelist, journalist. Currently, Elkann is the conductor of cultural programs on Italian television. He is President of the Scientific Committee of the Italy-USA Foundation. A recurring theme in his books is the history of the Jews in Italy, their centrality to Italian history, and the relation between the Jewish faith and other religions. He is a writer for La Règle du Jeu, Nuovi Argomenti, "A" and Shalom magazines.