Odile Benyahia-Kouider
Odile Benyahia-Kouider (born May 13, 1966 in Bourges, France) is a journalist and author. Currently she is one of the main contributors of the French weekly "Le Nouvel Observateur". Biography. Odile Benyahia-Kouider studied "hypokhâgne" studies at the Hélène Boucher College. She then obtained a degree in specialized modern literature at the University of Sorbonne Paris IV in 1988 before pursuing her studies in journalism at the College of Journalism in Lille (ESJ), where she graduated in 1990. Her career as a journalist began in 1990 within the Media service of the French daily "Libération". Later  on, at 29 years of age, she became chief of the media and television pages. In 1998, she was responsible for the finance department at "Libération", where she writes about the war between banks (BNP Paribas, Société Générale). From 2001 to 2006, she was a correspondent for "Libération" in Berlin. This is where she got the opportunity to write about politics as well as economics and culture. She returned to Paris after the FIFA World Cup in 2006. She left "Libération" a few months after its founder, Serge July, was ousted by Edouard de Rothschild. She was then hired by  the business magazine "" as associate editor, responsible for the industry and finance sectors. In 2008, "Le Nouvel Observateur" appointed her initially as one of its main reporters within the economy department, then as an investigative reporter. She publishes numerous portraits of big business leaders including Martin Bouygues, Serge Dassault, Arnaud Lagardère, , and . She also continues to publish articles about the developments in Germany. She is the author of "Un si petit monde" (such a small world), published in 2011. The narrative tells the story of the takeover of the newspaper "Le Monde" by a trio of businessmen : Pierre Bergé, Xavier  Niel and . For "L’Allemagne paiera" (Germany will pay), a trip to the country of Angela Merkel, she received the award "“Prix du Meilleur Livre Économique”" for best economics book in 2013 as well as the ""Ailleurs"" prize. She is married to the lawyer, university professor and specialist in constitutional law .