Patrick Drahi

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Empresario de las telecomunicaciones y coleccionista de arte franco-israelí Patrick Drahi, que, desde junio de 2019, es el nuevo dueño de la casa de subastas Sotheby's, al comprarla por 3.700 millones de dólares La casa de subastas Sotheby's, una de las más importantes del mundo, con una red de 80 oficinas en todo el mundo y ofrece subastas en 10 ciudades, entre ellas Londres, Nueva York y Hong Kong, además de por internet, salió a bolsa en EE.UU. en 1988, cinco años después de ser adquirida por el magnate Alfred Taubman. Con la adquisición de Drahi vuelva a manos privadas y dejará de cotizar en la Bolsa de Nueva York después de 31 años. Sotheby’s (NYSE: BID) announced in June 2019 that it has signed a definitive merger agreement to be acquired by BidFair USA, an entity wholly owned by media and telecom entrepreneur as well as art collector, Patrick Drahi. Under the terms of the agreement, which was approved by Sotheby’s Board of Directors, shareholders, including employee shareholders, will receive $57.00 in cash per share of Sotheby’s common stock in a transaction with an enterprise value of $3.7 billion. The offer price represents a premium of 61% to Sotheby’s closing price on June 14, 2019, and a 56.3% premium to the company’s 30 trading-day volume weighted average share price. The transaction would result in Sotheby’s returning to private ownership after 31 years as a public company traded on the New York Stock Exchange. About Patrick Drahi Founder, President of the Board, and Controlling Shareholder, Altice Europe Chairman of the Board and Controlling Shareholder, Altice USA Patrick Drahi, 55 years old, is a global entrepreneur with telecommunications, media and digital properties across the globe. Mr. Drahi founded Altice in 2001 in Europe, and over the course of nearly 20 years, he has built and acquired telecommunications systems across the world, turning Altice into a multinational broadband, telecommunications, media, digital and advertising company. Today, Altice Europe is listed on Euronext Amsterdam (ATC & ATCB) and comprises operations notably in France, Portugal, Israel and the Caribbean, serving 30 million customers. Altice USA, which is listed on the NYSE (ATUS) is one of the largest broadband and video services providers in the U.S., serving approximately 5 million customers across 21 states, including New York, New Jersey and Texas. Mr. Drahi began his professional career with the Philips Group in 1988 where he was in charge of international marketing in the cable and satellite division. Then in 1991, he joined the US/Scandinavian group Kinnevik-Millisat, where he was in charge of the development of private cable networks in Spain and France, and was involved in the launch of commercial TV stations in Eastern Europe. In 1993, Mr. Drahi founded CMA, a consulting firm specialized in telecommunications and media, which was awarded a mandate from BCTV for the implementation of Beijing’s full service cable network. Not long after, he founded two cable companies in France, Sud Câble Services (1994) and Médiaréseaux (1995). When Médiaréseaux was taken over by UPC (which then became Liberty Global) at the end of 1999, Mr. Drahi led its activities for southern Europe before deciding to create Altice in 2001. Mr. Drahi is a philanthropist in the fields of education, sciences, culture and the arts. Mr. Drahi is a graduate of France’s Ecole Polytechnique, and of Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Télécommunications, where he earned a post-graduate degree in optics and electronics. As of November 2015 Forbes estimated Drahi's net worth at $10.3 billion. Forbes ranked him as the 60th-richest person in the world, the third-richest person in France. He was ranked as the richest person in Israel, until 2016, when he came in at second.