Patrick Drahi
E64543
Patrick Drahi is a Franco-Israeli billionaire businessman and telecoms magnate best known as the founder of the multinational cable and telecommunications company Altice.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Patrick Drahi canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T515604 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Patrick Drahi Context triple: [École Polytechnique, hasAlumnus, Patrick Drahi]
-
A.
Barry Diller
Barry Diller is an American media and internet executive known for building major entertainment and digital companies, including leading Fox’s early expansion and later chairing IAC.
-
B.
Ted Leonsis
Ted Leonsis is an American businessman, investor, and sports team owner best known for leading Monumental Sports & Entertainment, which owns several major Washington, D.C. professional sports franchises.
-
C.
Stephen M. Ross
Stephen M. Ross is an American real estate billionaire and philanthropist best known as the principal owner of the NFL’s Miami Dolphins and the developer behind New York’s Hudson Yards.
-
D.
Philip Anschutz
Philip Anschutz is an American billionaire businessman and philanthropist known for his extensive investments in energy, railroads, real estate, and sports and entertainment ventures, including ownership stakes in major professional teams and venues.
-
E.
Douglas Durst
Douglas Durst is a prominent New York City real estate developer and heir to the Durst family, known for leading The Durst Organization and overseeing major commercial and residential projects in Manhattan.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Patrick Drahi Target entity description: Patrick Drahi is a Franco-Israeli billionaire businessman and telecoms magnate best known as the founder of the multinational cable and telecommunications company Altice.
-
A.
Barry Diller
Barry Diller is an American media and internet executive known for building major entertainment and digital companies, including leading Fox’s early expansion and later chairing IAC.
-
B.
Ted Leonsis
Ted Leonsis is an American businessman, investor, and sports team owner best known for leading Monumental Sports & Entertainment, which owns several major Washington, D.C. professional sports franchises.
-
C.
Stephen M. Ross
Stephen M. Ross is an American real estate billionaire and philanthropist best known as the principal owner of the NFL’s Miami Dolphins and the developer behind New York’s Hudson Yards.
-
D.
Philip Anschutz
Philip Anschutz is an American billionaire businessman and philanthropist known for his extensive investments in energy, railroads, real estate, and sports and entertainment ventures, including ownership stakes in major professional teams and venues.
-
E.
Douglas Durst
Douglas Durst is a prominent New York City real estate developer and heir to the Durst family, known for leading The Durst Organization and overseeing major commercial and residential projects in Manhattan.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
billionaire
ⓘ
businessperson ⓘ company founder ⓘ entrepreneur ⓘ telecommunications magnate ⓘ |
| acquired |
Cablevision Systems Corporation
ⓘ
Portugal Telecom assets ⓘ SFR ⓘ Suddenlink Communications ⓘ
linked to:
Altice USA
|
| birthCountry | Morocco ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1963-08-20 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Casablanca ⓘ |
| businessStrategy |
cost-cutting
ⓘ
debt-financed acquisitions ⓘ |
| citizenship |
France
ⓘ
Israel ⓘ |
| controls | Altice USA ⓘ |
| degree | engineering ⓘ |
| education |
École Nationale Supérieure de Télécommunications de Paris
ⓘ
École Polytechnique ⓘ |
| ethnicOrigin | Jewish Moroccan ⓘ |
| field |
cable television industry
ⓘ
telecommunications ⓘ |
| founded |
Altice
ⓘ
linked to:
Altice NV
Altice Europe ⓘ
linked to:
Altice NV
Altice USA ⓘ |
| knownFor |
founding Altice
ⓘ
leveraged acquisitions in telecoms sector ⓘ |
| language |
English
ⓘ
French ⓘ Hebrew ⓘ |
| listedBy | Forbes ⓘ |
| maritalStatus | married ⓘ |
| name | Patrick Drahi ⓘ |
| nationality |
French
ⓘ
Israeli ⓘ |
| notableTitle |
chairman of Altice
ⓘ
founder of Altice ⓘ |
| numberOfChildren | 4 ⓘ |
| occupation |
businessman
ⓘ
telecoms executive ⓘ |
| owns |
Altice Europe
ⓘ
linked to:
Altice NV
|
| religion | Judaism ⓘ |
| residence | Switzerland ⓘ |
| sector |
media
ⓘ
telecommunications ⓘ |
| spouseCitizenship | Moroccan ⓘ |
| wealthStatus | billionaire ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Patrick Drahi Description of subject: Patrick Drahi is a Franco-Israeli billionaire businessman and telecoms magnate best known as the founder of the multinational cable and telecommunications company Altice.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.