Charles Saatchi

Charles Saatchi is an Iraqi-British businessman and collector who co-founded the Saatchi Gallery, a contemporary art space in London. He is also the co-chairman, with his brother Maurice, of the advertising agency Saatchi & Saatchi.

Charles Saatchi was born in 1943 to a wealthy Iraqi Jewish family and moved to London with his family as a child. Charles is the second of four sons.

Saatchi attended Christ's College, a grammar school in Finchley, north London. Later, he graduated from the London College of Communication.

In the 1970s, Charles and his brother Maurice started the advertising agency Saatchi & Saatchi, which became one of the largest agencies worldwide. In 1995, both brothers left the agency. Now its network with 114 offices in 76 countries.

In the 1980s, Saatchi began collecting contemporary art and co-founded the Saatchi Gallery in 1985 to display his collection.

The gallery has become one of the most influential institutions in the art world and has played a significant role in promoting the careers of many emerging artists.

Saatchi has been married twice, including to the British television chef Nigella Lawson. He is known for his private nature and rarely gives interviews or speaks publicly about his personal life or business dealings.

The book Be the Worst You Can Be (2012) is Charles Saatchi's answers to questions from journalists and readers, compiled by editors of Booth-Clibborn Editions.
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sky lyricshar citeretfor 2 år siden
BE THE WORST YOU CAN BE
DO YOU BELIEVE IN THE TEN
COMMANDMENTS?
n overrated lifestyle guide, unsustainable and largely ineffective, only succeeding in making people confused and guilty.
FOR EXAMPLE: You shall not covet your
neighbour’s wife, nor his house, nor his
servant, nor his ox, nor his donkey, nor anything that is
your neighbour’s.
This was always obviously a no-hoper of a Commandment.
Coveting is all everyone does, all the time, everyday. It’s
what drives the world economy, pushes people to make
a go of their lives, so that they can afford the Executive
Kristina Aćimovićhar citeretsidste år
Everybody is needy, arrogant, cal-
lous, aggrieved, self-absorbed, petty,
mean-spirited, spiteful, greedy, envi-
ous, ill-mannered and malicious, in
some measure, some of the time.
Only when you accept that much of
the pleasure of being alive is to enjoy
your own horribleness, and the char-
acter flaws in everyone around you,
will you find harmony and each day
will pass more sweetly.
Kristina Aćimovićhar citeretsidste år
Jesus loves you. But I’m his favourite
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