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...CVC is betting that sports are a ‘growth industry’ Private equity and credit shops are increasingly leaping into the sports investment business, which for decades has been dominated by wealthy families....
...Saudi’s golf king The New York Times chronicles the top-secret merger between the PGA Tour and LIV Golf that could make Saudi powerbroker Yasir al-Rumayyan one of the most influential figures in sport....
...Thoma Bravo’s Paul Zuber has joined software investor Hg as an operating partner and North American lead. The role is based in San Francisco but he’ll be hybrid-working from Jackson, Wyoming....
...Sixth Street has been on a dealmaking spree in recent months, acting as the lead lender on large technology buyouts such as Thoma Bravo’s planned $8bn takeover of Coupa Software.The firm has also been an...
...Bravo. Nikou — A powerful story. + bonus Robert Smith Whisper it cautiously, but we are arguably living through a new golden age of investigative reporting....
...After grumbling without detail about the referee, he added: “Bravo for the Argentine team.”...
...One invitation to start: Our second Business of Sport US Summit begins Monday, October 24....
...Jeff Zucker, the former president of CNN, has joined US private equity group RedBird to launch a $1bn sports, media and entertainment fund with International Media Investments....
...Outside of ski season, there is the Bravo!...
...Thoma Bravo has hired Irina Hemmers as a partner to lead its London office. She was previously head of the technology investment team at Inflexion Private Equity....
...Under the influence A new challenger has come knocking for DraftKings and FanDuel’s duopoly on mobile sports betting: controversial social media star Jake Paul....
...Anaplan chair and chief executive Frank Calderoni is stepping down following Thoma Bravo’s $10.4bn buyout of the San Francisco-based software group....
...“Bravo monsieur,” he says, before I can tell him the truth....
...Following the killing of a local teenager, Ashpool helped persuade the then district mayor Jacques Bravo to turn the space into a sports court as a social-enterprise “test”....
...Thoma Bravo will open an office in Miami in the second half of 2021. As a result, partner Chip Virnig and other existing members of the Thoma Bravo team will relocate....
...Latham & Watkins has appointed Frank Saviano as a partner in its corporate department and entertainment, sports and media practice. He joins the firm’s New York office from Proskauer....
...Bravo....
...The group, which has $43bn in assets, has moved further into sports and entertainment under Durban’s watch....
...“I remember my heart beating as I pushed the button,” says Eklund, who is also a star of Bravo’s reality-TV show Million Dollar Listing. “I thought, this will make or break me....
...Well, EU’s cleared the purchase of Sophos by Thoma Bravo. ......
...Whether you are Chinese, Russian or American, investing in sports teams is often a big gamble. But there are more — and less — sensible ways to mitigate the risks....
...Thoma Bravo does not impose as much control but Mr Bravo says there are always straightforward margin gains to be made because tech companies are reliably inefficient....
...Bravo, Mr Chowdhry, bravo....
...The FT’s Big Read on Monday focused on Vista Equity — home to sports-car driving, three-piece-suit wearing, Playboy-playmate marrying PE managers — and Thoma Bravo who have led the wave of high-priced acquisitions...
...in outbound investments, largely by private groups such as Wanda, HNA Group and Anbang Insurance, Chinese authorities have already said they would more closely scrutinise deals in real estate, media and sports...
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