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Thai Billionaire Family’s Central Group, Austria’s Signa Buying British Retailer Selfridges
The flagship Selfridges store in London Courtesy of Central Group Central Group—controlled by the Chirathivat family, among Thailand’s richest—and Austrian partner Signa Holding have agreed to buy British retailer Selfridges & Co. from the Weston family of Canada. The equal partners are acquiring a portfolio comprising 18 department stores, including the flagship Selfridges store on…
Billionaire Joseph Lau and Family Bid to Take Chinese Estates Private for $245M
Joseph Lau’s gamble on Evergrande is bad for his company’s health Property tycoon Joseph Lau plans to take his Hong Kong-listed Chinese Estates Holdings private, looking to salvage what remains of the loss-making, largely inactive firm after its ill-fated investment in fellow developer China Evergrande Group. A company owned by Lau’s wife, Chan Hoi-wan, has…
SNL says what we were all thinking in its billionaire Star Trek sketch
Saturday Night Live returned this weekend and the show wasted no time taking aim at the weird billionaire space tourism race that unfolded over the past few months. Guest host Owen Wilson played former Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos in a sketch about a fictional new show called Star Trek: Ego Quest, about “the voyages of…
Billionaire Orlando Bravo Owns Bitcoin, Says ‘It Will Increase Significantly, I’m Very Bullish’
Orlando Bravo, the billionaire who co-founded private equity firm Thoma Bravo, says he is very bullish on bitcoin, expecting the cryptocurrency to “increase significantly.” He described: “Crypto is just a great system. It’s frictionless. It’s decentralized. And young people want their own financial system. So it is here to stay.” Billionaire Investor ‘Very Bullish’ on…
Billionaire Orlando Bravo Reveals He Owns Bitcoin And Why He’s ‘Very Bullish’
Billionaire Orlando Bravo recently revealed his stance on crypto. Talking to CNBC, Bravo revealed that he indeed held bitcoin and held a very bullish stance on the future of the digital asset. The billionaire appear at the Delivering Alpha conference where he openly expressed his love for crypto. Bravo highlight some of the best features…