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...Other private equity deals in the agency world included Silver Lake’s investment in Ari Emanuel’s William Morris in 2012 and EQT’s investment in United Talent Agency last year....
...Last year it helped Roman Abramovich sell Chelsea Football Club for £2.5bn and more recently landed a coveted role working on a potential sale of Manchester United for the billionaire Glazer family....
...In 2023 Silver Lake acquired software provider Qualtrics for more than $12bn and privatised European technology company Software AG for about €2.6bn....
...Meanwhile US investors Todd Boehly and Clearlake Capital in May acquired Chelsea FC for £2.5bn, a record for a football club takeover. That deal set a benchmark for elite clubs....
...China Media Capital still owns 8.2 per cent of CFG, having originally paid $485mn to amass a 13 per cent stake....
...It has already garnered $2.5mn for its Arm work for the year ending in March, according to the IPO filings....
...Silver Lake was also working with Ari Emanuel to build what is now Endeavor, the talent giant that also owns Ultimate Fighting Championship....
...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...
...The media and entertainment group was founded by Ari Emanuel, the Hollywood agent who inspired the Ari Gold character in the HBO series Entourage....
...It had 250 employees in 1995; these days it has more than 2,000....
...WME, run by Ari Emanuel and Patrick Whitesell, bought IMG for $2.4bn in 2013, giving it a dominant position in fashion and sports....
...In 2014 it acquired IMG, the sports marketing group, for $2.4bn with backing from Silver Lake, the private equity group....
...WME-IMG, which counts private equity firm Silver Lake as its largest investor, acquired IMG two years ago in a $2.4bn deal....
...In 2014 WME, run by Ari Emanuel and Patrick Whitesell, completed the $2.4bn acquisition of IMG, the sports and fashion marketing company, and secured a second round of investment from Silver Lake....
...Mr Emanuel is reputedly the inspiration for the abrasive Ari Gold, the fictional star of the HBO drama series Entourage....
...Sold stake for $2.1bn. Skype ● Acquired in 2009 for $2.75bn. ● Silver Lake was the lead in an investor group. ● Sold in 2011 to Microsoft for $8.5bn....
...Ari Emanuel may have the answer but, at least for now, he is not telling....
...Attendance was down 5.7 per cent, while the number of concerts staged fell 2.7 per cent....
...Chief players : Ari Emanuel and Patrick Whitesell....
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