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Drahi's Bond Binge
Layering on leverage departs from Malone's playbook
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When billionaire Patrick Drahi spoke to students at France's top engineering school on Wednesday night in Paris, he urged them to take risks to achieve their dreams as he had in building his telecom and cable empire Altice.
Joking that even before he'd graduated he'd paid for his first car and house all on credit, he said there was no point worrying about failure since the bank could always just repossess the stuff and at least he would've enjoyed the adventure.