Charles Guetta

Charles Guetta follows studies to the faculty of Algiers where it binds friendship with Jean Daniel.

Engaging with him in the 2nd D.B., it spends several months in its company to Casablanca. After the war, it carries out very a good match with a casablancaise. Combined in Benazéraf, of richissimes prone of the king Hassan II, it constitutes an important fortune by ensuring the BMW distribution in North Africa then while investing in the material of drilling the Texas. He is thus the managing director of Varel-Europe and the chairman of the industrial and commercial Company of France.

Although far away from the left-wing ideas of his friend Jean Daniel, it invests in the Nouvel Observateur when this last requires of him. December 15th, 1970, it thus creates S.A. Club of the Nouvel Observateur of which it takes the presidency and of which he is shareholder to a total value of 94% (235 000 FF), the other shareholders (Claude Perdriel, Jean Daniel, Hector de Galard, Serge Lafaurie, Maurice Fleuret and Michele Daniel) by controlling each one that one pourcent. In parallel, it enters to the Board of directors of the security company of the newspaper, S.A. of the Nouvel Observateur of the World. With its some shares capital, it reinforces the position of his friend compared to Claude Perdriel. But in July 1971, this familiar of the king of the Morocco dies at the time of the tragedy of the Skhirat, assassinated in the royal palace at the time of the coup attempt of State.

He is the uncle of Bernard Guetta. ----

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