Patrick Drahi

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Patrick Drahi (2015)

Patrick Drahi (born August 20, 1963 in Casablanca ) is an Israeli - French entrepreneur who has lived in Switzerland since 1999 .

Life

Drahi was born in Morocco to a teacher couple and moved with his family to Montpellier in France when he was fifteen . He studied engineering at the Ecole polytechnique in Palaiseau near Paris .

Drahi is chairman of the board of directors of the Dutch group Altice Europe , a cable and telecommunications company . He is the personal owner of the Guernsey- based holding Next Limited Partnership , which is the majority shareholder of Altice. Altice is the majority shareholder in French telecommunications company SFR, as well as Virgin Mobile , Israeli Hot , Portugal Telecom and Orange Dominicana . In the USA, Drahi has a stake in the cable network operators Suddenlink and Cablevision through Altice USA , which was spun off in 2018 . He holds a stake of around 35% in Altice USA.

On June 17, 2019, the auction house Sotheby’s announced the takeover by BidFair USA, a company owned by Patrick Drahi. After the transaction is scheduled to be completed by the end of 2019, Sotheby's is to be taken off the stock exchange.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Qui est Patrick Drahi, le sulfureux patron de Numericable. March 14, 2014, accessed June 17, 2019 (French).
  2. ↑ Patrick Drahi, le discret milliardaire du câble en passe d'avaler SFR. Le Parisien, March 14, 2019, accessed June 17, 2019 (French).
  3. ^ Association des Anciens Elèves de l'École Polytechnique. Retrieved June 17, 2019 .
  4. ↑ The man who trembles in front of Telekom boss Tim Hoettges . manager-magazin.de, from June 22, 2015
  5. ↑ Patrick Drahi offers 10 billion euros for Bouygues . handelsblatt.com, from June 22, 2015
  6. ↑ Patrick Drahi. Retrieved June 17, 2019 .
  7. ^ Sotheby's: Sotheby's Announces Definitive Agreement to be Acquired by Patrick Drahi. June 17, 2019, Retrieved June 17, 2019 (UK English).
personal data
SURNAME Drahi, Patrick
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Israeli-French entrepreneur
DATE OF BIRTH 20th August 1963
PLACE OF BIRTH Casablanca