Posts tagged: Daniel Kretinsky
Friday, 19 April 2024, 2:37 pm
Here is a lesson for younger hacks, investors and bankers.
In May 2023, Daniel Kretinsky, the eastern European billionaire dubbed the 'Czech Sphinx', suggested to Oliver "Shahsy" Shah of The Sunday Times in a wide ranging, set piece on the record interview that he has no intention of launching a takeover bid for Royal Mail...
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Wednesday, 17 April 2024, 11:33 am
Deal hacks at the Financial Times have just delivered a decent scoop.
According to the venerable Financial Times, Czech billionaire Daniel Kretinsky is preparing a takeover bid for Royal Mail owner International Distributions Services. Below is a link to the FT story:
https://www.ft.com/content/a6f0251b-454b-4aa8-9c16-aee03f0c2e46..
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Betaville IntelligenceTuesday, 1 August 2023, 8:23 am
It's taken almost a year but it would appear beleguered France-lised IT services group Atos has struck a deal to sell the less exciting part of the business (Tech Foundations) to a EP Equity Investment, a company backed by Czech tycoon Daniel Kretinsky.
As part of the transaction Atos would do a EURO 900 million capital raise, rebrand as Eviden and then remain a listed company focused cyber security (this is the division that Airbus and others wanted to buy last year)...
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Monday, 29 May 2023, 12:24 pm
Hat tip to Olly "Shahsy" Shah for landing the first ever on the record interview in a British newspaper with Daniel Kretinsky, the energy tycoon dubbed the Czech Sphinx.
Kretinsky has been building large stakes in some of Britain's biggest companies, such as J Sainsbury and Royal Mail...
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Thursday, 29 December 2022, 10:58 am
Apologies for the lack posts over the last few days; little old Betaville took a few days off over the festive period...
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