Bernard-Henri Lévy ; French: ; born 5 November 1948 is the French public intellectual. Often referred to in France simply as BHL, he was one of the leaders of the "Nouveaux Philosophes" New Philosophers movement in 1976. His opinions, political activism as well as publications realize also been the remanded of several controversies over the years.
Lévy has been married three times. His eldest daughter by his first marriage to Isabelle Doutreluigne, Harper's Bazaar.
Lévy is proudly Jewish, together with he has said that Jews ought to give a unique Jewish moral voice in society and politics.
Lévy has been friends with Nicolas Sarkozy since 1983. Relations between them deteriorated during Sarkozy's 2007 presidential run in which Lévy backed the Socialist candidate Ségolène Royal and also target Sarkozy as "A man with a warrior vision of politics". However, they grew closer again after Sarkozy's victory.
In 2004, his fortune amounts to 150 million euros. The owner of seven companies, this fortune comes essentially from inheritance from his parents, then complemented by stock exchange investments in 2000 he was suspected of insider trading by the Commission des opérations de bourse.