Hints and tips:
...jets that contrasts with the more frugal profile he maintained while overseeing Amazon’s rapid expansion....
...VinFast is still not profitable after six years, and its US debut has been hit by problems including a recall of its first shipment of 999 vehicles last December....
...Russian records suggest it has shipped about $2.1mn of goods to Orlan LLC — a St Petersburg company that is a self-described fishing equipment supplier....
...Turbulence ahead After a pandemic surge and the Spac boom propelled the industry to new heights, private jet ventures are grappling with falling demand, Bloomberg reports....
...Financiers take flight JPMorgan boss Jamie Dimon is a prolific passenger of the company jet. But his new colleague, First Republic chair Jim Herbert, trails closely behind, Alphaville writes....
...Gates’s biggest UK investments, for example, have been in retailer Carpetright, jet servicing group Signature Aviation and Bunzl, a distributor of disposable cutlery....
...He also extended a $30mn loan to a company registered in the name of Epstein’s private pilot. The company, Plan D LLC, owned a Gulfstream jet....
...In February, Blackstone and Global Infrastructure Partners made a similar move, ending a takeover battle for the UK-listed private jet services company Signature Aviation with a joint £3.5bn bid....
...That’s because Tiger Global has by far been the most active investor during the past year’s frantic market for shares in private start-ups....
...Or they want to own their home through an LLC [limited liability company] — maybe a celebrity who wants to keep their identity private,” she says....
...As new waves of foreign money rushed into the British capital in the 2010s, Mayfair’s luxury hotels, private clubs and more garish restaurants began to resemble something like the Star Wars cantina for jet-setters...
...However, it does not expect to fly private customers until 2022....
...Other accoutrements include a private jet, a helicopter and an extensive collection of Scotch whisky — and Gupta is known to have entertained friends in Sydney on a 31-metre yacht....
...With the company’s fleet of four private jets attracting scrutiny, Caillaux told the Wall Street Journal in November that he and his fellow Greensill board members had pushed to sell off the planes....
...Wheels Up, an online private jet booking platform, is set to be listed on the New York Stock Exchange by merging with a Spac, while this week, in an extension of the autotech theme, two flying taxi companies...
...(Bloomberg) News round-up Blackstone in talks with private jet group Signature Aviation over £3bn deal (FT) Coinbase files for US listing in a first for a cryptocurrency exchange (FT + Lex + Alphaville...
...Also present was Leon Shahinian, a California official who had flown to New York on a private jet that, authorities told a court, was paid for by Apollo Global Management....
...The divorce case, which is being funded by litigation financier Burford Capital, has led to a legal battle over assets including a helicopter, a private jet and a superyacht called the Luna that used to...
...Now — after months of drama around potential conflicts of interest, concerts from Sting and Gregory Porter, and private jet flights — we are getting the first signs of what Nicolai Tangen (pictured) actually...
...Other affiliates specialise in jet leases, franchise loans and other attractive niches....
...Going up: how private equity clinched a European megadeal Many DD readers will be well aware that, just as stock markets were having a coronavirus-induced meltdown last week, private equity dealmakers tied...
...Mr Bravo loaded his private jet with everything from granola bars to satellite telephones and flew them to the ruined island....
...He flies by private jet, has Thai kick-boxers as bodyguards and leads a multibillion-dollar drug ring that is funnelling tonnes of highly addictive drugs to at least a dozen countries in the region....
...DD’s Kaye Wiggins and Mark Vandevelde interviewed the billionaire investor, who once flew his private jet to his native Puerto Rico filled with supplies after a hurricane devastated the island....
...The original deal was struck between Henry Paulson, then chairman and chief executive of the bank, and Fang Fenglei, pictured below, one of China’s top private equity investors....
International Edition