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Former Glencore boss Ivan Glasenberg to acquire cycling brand Pinarello
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Former Glencore boss Ivan Glasenberg to acquire cycling brand Pinarello
The Pinarello family sold its majority stake in the bicycle company bearing its name to the LVMH associated PE firm L Catterton in 2016.
L Catterton is now looking to offload its 80% stake in a deal that values Pinarello at €250 million ($) – a tidy profit on the reported €90 million it paid for the stake. The buyer is likely to be former Glencore CEO Ivan Glasenberg who is a keen cyclist himself and former competitive race walker. Glasenberg is also an investor in cycling brand Q36.5.
Glasenberg still holds a 10% stake in Glencore which is worth $5.4 billion at today’s share price. Middle-aged finance types have a propensity to spend large amounts on their cycling obsessions, usually in the form of bikes. This takes it one step further.
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