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...The group, which owns football clubs around the world, was valued at $4.8bn when Silver Lake bought its original 10 per cent stake. Silver Lake did not immediately respond to a request for comment....
...Silver Lake bought into City Football Group after Hollywood impresario Ari Emanuel — founder of Endeavor — introduced managing partner Egon Durban to CFG’s Khaldoon al-Mubarak....
...And Silver Lake said last month that it was considering taking entertainment group Endeavor private again after the company and its chief executive Ari Emanuel became frustrated with lacklustre share price...
...WWE has a 10-year deal with Saudi Arabia’s General Entertainment Authority to bring events to the country. And McMahon is a controversial figure....
...How WWE and UFC will pack a punch Hollywood mogul Ari Emanuel and professional wrestling impresario Vince McMahon know what it takes to write a script....
...Silver Lake was also working with Ari Emanuel to build what is now Endeavor, the talent giant that also owns Ultimate Fighting Championship....
...The industry leader was created in 2009 when William Morris Agency combined with Endeavor, led by Ari Emanuel. The group went public last year and has a market capitalisation of about $10.5bn....
...One interesting factoid about the football deal is that it was helped along by Hollywood dealmaker Ari Emanuel (pictured right, with Jimmy Kimmel), whose company Endeavor has been backed by both Silver Lake...
...Mr Durban, managing partner of US private equity firm Silver Lake, agreed to pay $500m for just over 10 per cent of City Football Group, the parent company of the English Premier League champions....
...The media and entertainment group was founded by Ari Emanuel, the Hollywood agent who inspired the Ari Gold character in the HBO series Entourage....
...Endeavor, the entertainment group headed by Ari Emanuel, which owns another agency, WME, has taken that idea even further....
...Endeavor, the media and entertainment group founded by Ari Emanuel, is trying to terminate a $400m investment by Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund following the disappearance of Saudi journalist Jamal...
...When Ari Rubenstein heard that Michael Lewis was writing a book on his industry, he was overjoyed....
...Dell ● Invested $1.4bn in 2013 for 25 per cent stake alongside Michael Dell in $5.6bn deal. ● Dell has an equity value of $10.8bn....
...Ari Emanuel may have the answer but, at least for now, he is not telling....
...By Ben Aris of bne With international equity markets in turmoil the timing of Luxoft’s IPO would seem to be poor....
...Live Nation’s revenues were down $135.6m, or almost 10 per cent on the same period a year earlier. Attendance was down 5.7 per cent, while the number of concerts staged fell 2.7 per cent....
...At the end of March, the $10.8bn Apollo Investment Fund VI stood at $12.3bn....
...This has left the agencies, which typically earn a 10 per cent commission for every deal they put together, looking for savings and new business opportunities. Endeavor has fared better than most....
...This has left the talent agencies, which typically earn a 10 per cent commission for every deal they put together, looking for savings....
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