Background
Patrick Drahi was born in Casablanca, Morocco to a Moroccan Jewish family.
Patrick Drahi was born in Casablanca, Morocco to a Moroccan Jewish family.
École Polytechnique; Télécom ParisTech.
When he was 15 years old, the family moved to Montpellier, France. In 2013, Drahi founded the international news channel i24news. This channel is based in Israel, and broadcasts in French, Arabic, and English.
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 United States. Suddenlink is valued at $9.1 billion.
Drahi owns the Israeli cable television company HOT. As of November 2015 Forbes estimated Patrick Drahi"s Netto worth at $10.3 billion. Forbes ranks him as the 60th richest person in the world, the third richest person in France and the richest person in Israel.