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  • Sunday, 24 April, 2022
    News in-depth
    Deals, debt and dreams: Patrick Drahi’s misadventures in the US

    Thwarted billionaire’s Altice USA has disappointed since spin-off

  • Wednesday, 16 February, 2022
    Inside BusinessLeila Abboud
    French billionaires face spotlight in media inquiry

    Senate commission in Paris looks at influence of business figures and whether structural industry reform is needed

  • Wednesday, 15 December, 2021
    News in-depth
    Patrick Drahi: the aggressive dealmaker forced to play the long game at BT

    Franco-Israeli telecoms entrepreneur has hired advisers to strengthen his hand in UK

  • Tuesday, 14 December, 2021
    LexBT Group Plc
    BT/Altice: Drahi will struggle to split off Openreach Premium content

    The stratagems that have made tycoon powerful in France translate poorly into English

  • Tuesday, 14 December, 2021
    BT Group Plc
    Patrick Drahi’s Altice raises stake in BT to 18%

    UK government warns it could intervene if a full bid is launched

  • Tuesday, 14 December, 2021
    City Bulletin
    Drahi raises BT stake but rules out bid Premium content

    China Mobile to list in Shanghai and the explosion of Mindfulness apps

  • Wednesday, 6 October, 2021
    Inside BusinessPeggy Hollinger
    Why France’s cable billionaire may need to change course to reach the stars

    Drahi’s stalking of satellite operator Eutelsat raises speculation over debt-funded industry consolidation

  • Thursday, 30 September, 2021
    Eutelsat SA
    Eutelsat rejects unsolicited bid from telecoms billionaire Patrick Drahi

    Shares jump after commercial satellite operator decides ‘not to engage in discussions’ based on terms of proposal

  • Friday, 11 June, 2021
    Due Diligence
    Private equity discovers patience is a virtue for European telecom bets Premium content

    Plus, meet the man who can claim to be Amazon’s landlord and the end of a €9.3bn Italian toll road saga

  • Thursday, 10 June, 2021
    Helen Thomas
    BT needs strong chair to handle Altice’s Drahi

    The French-Israeli billionaire has bought a 12 per cent stake and says he is there to help

  • Thursday, 10 June, 2021
    BT Group Plc
    Altice bets on UK fibre with £2bn BT stake

    Patrick Drahi’s group becomes largest shareholder in UK telecoms operator

  • Wednesday, 12 May, 2021
    Sotheby's Inc
    Patrick Drahi to net big payday from Sotheby’s $300m bond deal

    Businessman who bought auction house in 2019 to receive second dividend in six months

  • Friday, 11 September, 2020
    Altice Europe NV
    Drahi offers to take Altice Europe private in €2.5bn buyout

    Deal is latest example of buyers taking advantage of low valuations in European telecoms companies

  • Wednesday, 2 September, 2020
    Telecoms
    Drahi seeks to expand US cable empire with Cogeco bid

    Altice USA unveils offer for Canadian group, which owns Atlantic Broadband

  • Tuesday, 20 August, 2019
    Sotheby's Inc
    Sotheby’s sale to Patrick Drahi attracts new investor criticism

    Auction house faces shareholder vote on $3.7bn takeover by French telecoms magnate

  • Tuesday, 18 June, 2019
    Due Diligence
    Patrick Drahi brings hammer down on Sotheby’s Premium content

    Welcome to Due Diligence, the FT’s daily deals briefing

  • Monday, 17 June, 2019
    Sotheby's Inc
    Deal of the art —Drahi brings hammer down on Sotheby’s

    ‘I am making this investment for my family,’ says telecom and media entrepreneur after spending $3.7bn

  • Monday, 17 June, 2019
    Sotheby's Inc
    Sotheby’s to be acquired by Patrick Drahi in $3.7bn deal

    The world’s two largest auction houses are now privately owned by French billionaires

  • Tuesday, 17 July, 2018
    Currencies
    Altice returns to bond market with $3bn sale

    French telecoms taps the market, but investors await more radical plans for group’s debt pile

  • Friday, 12 January, 2018
    News in-depthWeek in Review
    Patrick Drahi looks to reboot Altice as his empire-building stalls

    Franco-Israeli dealmaker returns to financial engineering in effort to revive fortunes

  • Wednesday, 10 January, 2018
    European companies
    Altice shares tumble as analysts digest revenue warning

    Lowered guidance for French business overshadows restructuring efforts

  • Wednesday, 10 January, 2018
    News in-depthUS & Canadian companies
    Big bet by telecoms companies on exclusive content comes at a cost

    BT, Altice and others spent billions on sporting rights and have seen shares fall

  • Monday, 8 January, 2018
    Telecoms
    Altice announces separation of US and European operations, $1.5bn dividend
  • Thursday, 4 January, 2018
    Telecoms
    Sprint appoints former Altice chief Michel Combes as new CFO
  • Friday, 1 December, 2017
    European companies
    Altice seals deal to sell Swiss assets
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