Patrick Drahi
| Patrick Drahi | |
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| Born | 1963 (age 60–61) Casablanca, Morocco |
| Residence | Geneva, Switzerland |
| Nationality | French, Moroccan, Israeli |
| Ethnicity | Moroccan Jewish |
| Alma mater | École Polytechnique |
| Occupation | Businessman |
| Known for | Founder and head of Altice |
| Net worth | $7.9 billion (January 2016)[1] |
| Spouse(s) | Lina Drahi |
| Children | 4 |
Patrick Drahi (born 1963) is a Moroccan-born businessman with Israeli and French citizenship,[2] living in Switzerland since 1999.[3] He is the founder and controlling shareholder of the Luxembourg-based French telecom group Altice.
Biography
Patrick Drahi was born in Casablanca, Morocco to a Moroccan Jewish family. When he was 15 years old, the family moved to Montpellier, France. His parents are both math teachers. Drahi has an engineering degree from the École Polytechnique university in Paris (a post-graduate degree in optics and electronics).[1][4]He is married and lives in Geneva, Switzerland with his Syrian Greek Orthodox wife;[5][6] they have four children.[1]
Business career
In 2013, Drahi founded the international news channel i24news. This channel is based in Israel, and broadcasts in French, Arabic, and English.[7]
Drahi and his group Altice entered the American telecommunications market in 2015 by purchasing a 70 per cent stake in Suddenlink Communications, the seventh largest cable company in the US. Suddenlink is valued at $9.1 billion.[8]
Drahi owns the Israeli cable television company HOT.[9]
As of November 2015 Forbes estimated Drahi's net worth at $10.3 billion. Forbes ranks him as the 60th richest person in the world, the third richest person in France, [10]and the richest person in Israel.[11]
The leaking of the Panama Papers in April 2016 confirmed publicly his identity as the shareholder of an offshore company.[12]
See also
References
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- ↑ Financial Times: "French telecoms outsider is more easyJet than jet set" by Adam Thomson May 22, 2015 | "He spends his weekends at his home in Geneva with his Syrian-born Greek-orthodox wife"
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