Nabil Karoui Lifestyle, Biography, Age, Height, Marriage, Contact & Information

Nabil Karoui (born August 1, 1963 in Bizerte) is a Tunisian businessman and advertiser. He is Chairman and CEO of the Tunisian television channel Nessma TV . He is also the head of the Karoui & Karoui World group. Nabil is also a former leader within the Nidaa Tounes movement .

Nabil Karoui Lifestyle ,Biography, Age, Height, Marriage & Contact

Lifestyle

• Real Name: Nabil Karoui
• Nickname : –
• Profession: Advertiser and businessman
• Date of Birth: August 1, 1963
• Age: 59 (2022)
• Astrological sign: Leo
• Origin and place of birth: Bizerte, Tunisia
• Start of career: 1996

Wedding & Family

• Family: Ghazi Karoui, brother
• Marital Status: Married
• Spouse: Salwa Smaoui Karoui
• Children: Khalil Karoui (died at the age of 20 in 2016). Two twin boys Adam Khalil and Zakaria Khalil Karoui.

Contact information

• Facebook account: Nabil Karoui
• Twitter: N/A
• Instagram: N/A
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• Youtube: N/A
• Official website: N/A

Biography

Basically trained in marketing and sales in multinationals. After having traveled the roads of the south of France at Colgate-Palmolive , he joined the sales and marketing department of the multinational Henkel. It was there that he was approached by a recruitment firm to join the international unit of Canal+, which is starting to set up in North Africa.

Nabil Karoui started his career in his native country, Tunisia in 1996, with his brother Ghazi Karoui, they created their first communication agency, EKKO publicity . They quickly learn and master the laws of the advertising market and stand out for their spots that combine history, culture and technology. The “Maghrebian Touch” was born plunging thousands of viewers into their memory. It was then that the golden age began in 1997 and Nabil Karoui and his brother landed prestigious clients: Tunisair, Spiga, SNCFT, Yoplait, Sony.

Building on their success in Tunisia, they obtained the Saatchi&Saatchi franchise and set off in 1999 to conquer Morocco under the name of KNRG Saatchi&Saatchi. They then manage the communication of the American giant Procter & Gamble and become the same year, the most creative agency in the country.

In 2003, Nabil and his brother Ghazi launched Régie 7 in Algeria and became the billboard leaders in Tunisia and Algeria, number 3 in Morocco. Also in 2003, their communication agencies won over prestigious clients (Danone in Tunisia, rocter&Gamble in Algeria) and set up their production company Dream Films, which quickly became number one.

In 2004, the adventure continued and the Karoui brothers overtook the international giants and reigned over the mobile telephony market by winning Nedjma from the Wataniya group in Algeria, Tunisiana in Tunisia and Méditel in Morocco.

In 2006, the Karoui brothers did not forget their first love and landed the first international trans-Arab campaign on behalf of the Wataniya group, which will begin in April. But Ghazi and Nabil Karoui , more than ever attached to their North African roots, still and always work to promote North African culture. They launch Star Academy Maghreb where young North Africans live together and quickly become familiar with each other, proving that the barriers to union are only political.

Criticisms and controversies

Nabil Karoui presents the “Khalil Tounes” program on his Nessma channel , which has caused controversy, particularly following the issuance of a note from the Independent High Authority for Audiovisual Communication HAICA warning against practices contrary to the deontology of the journalistic profession as well as against a possible political exploitation of human and social affairs.

• The false charity of Nabil Karoui : He takes no money out of his pocket. [ 1 ]
• Nabil Karoui released a statement on Tuesday, December 4, 2018, denouncing a smear campaign targeting him. [ 2 ]

Career & Timeline

• Trained in marketing and sales in multinationals. After having traveled the roads of the south of France
• Approached by a recruitment firm to join the international unit of Canal+

• Later joined his brother Ghazi in advertising: they founded together, in 2002, an independent international media and advertising group, Karoui & Karoui World.
• In parallel with international development, it leads a policy of diversification and creates subsidiaries for audiovisual production, digital interactivity, urban display and a music label.
• In 2009, he took over the management of the group’s television subsidiary, Nessma
• Convinced of the need for the union of the Maghreb, he set himself up as a cantor of this cause and, wanting to demonstrate its feasibility, he undertook to concretize it through the cultural component: he revived the Maghreb musical heritage and produced the program of Star Academy Maghreb TV show where young North Africans live together and quickly become familiar with each other, proving that the barriers to union are only political

News and little known facts

According to Hakaek Online, Nabil Karoui has seriously thought about presenting his candidacy for the 2019 presidential elections.

Following a leak of an audio recording revealing the opinion and intentions of Nabil Karoui in relation to the NGO I Watch and its leaders, in which he explicitly announces his desire to “massacre” the organization by attacking to the relatives and families of those responsible for the organization, another recording is unveiled. I Watch published, on the evening of Friday June 8, 2018, a new leaked recording, in which the head of Nessma TV and former leader within Nidaa Tounes Nabil Karoui, directly threatens the executive director of the NGO, Mouheb Garoui.

In 2019, businessman Nabil Karoui is officially president of the “9alb Tounes” party.

Candidate for the second round of the presidential election, Nabil Karoui has invested everything to highlight his skills and know-how. He presented his electoral program to the Tunisian people and addressed in his speech mainly families and needy regions of the country.

Arrested by police on Friday August 23, 2019 for tax evasion, after a court ordered his detention in a case involving money laundering charges but which Karoui’s party says was a political attempt to exclude him of the electoral race.

Nabil Karoui case

Nabil Karoui was arrested in August 2019 in a money laundering and corruption case, following a complaint filed against him by the organization I Watch since 2016.

The indictment chamber of the Tunis Court of Appeal decided on Tuesday (September 3rd) to reject the request for the release of the businessman, owner of Nessma TV and presidential candidate, Nabil Karoui , according to sources. consistent.

In an interview with Europe 1, Salwa Smaoui , the wife of candidate Nabil Karoui accuses “the people who are in power today” of being “responsible for the arrest of her husband”. She regrets that her husband is in prison “while there has been no judgment by any judicial authority”. “After the investigations, my husband went free because we couldn’t find any evidence,” she adds, regretting that we “removed” Nabil Karoui ‘s presumption of innocence.

“We can’t leave things like that in full view of everyone,” she protests. “Justice is paramount. (…) No one has the right to do that to their citizens. »