Philippe Val

Philippe Val (; born 14 September 1952) is a French journalist, singer, and comedian. He was a co-founder of the second iteration of Charlie Hebdo in 1992, serving as the satirical political weekly's editor and director. After leaving Charlie Hebdo in 2009, Val was director of the public radio channel France Inter until 2014.
Val was born in Neuilly-sur-Seine (Hautsde-Seine) to a butcher's father and a hairdressing mother, as the last of four siblings. Val first... more