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Inflexion Private Equity and Simon Turner & John Hartz: From a Zero-Capital Start-Up to a €20 Billion European Mid-Market Private Equity Platform
1. The first point to establish is that Inflexion is not the story of a single founder. It is the product of a long-running partnership between Simon …
The Jerusalem Post and Gershon Agron: From a Zionist English-Language Voice to a Global Israeli Media Brand
The first point to clarify is that The Jerusalem Post was not founded under its current name. The direct predecessor of The Jerusalem Post was The Pal…
The Washington Times and Sun Myung Moon: From Religious Capital to a Conservative Media Power Network in America
The central conclusion is that The Washington Times cannot be understood simply as a conventional newspaper, nor is it accurate to reduce it to nothin…
The Seattle Times and the Blethen Family: From a Struggling Local Paper to a Five-Generation American News Dynasty
1. First, the question of who “founded” The Seattle Times requires an important distinction. In terms of publication lineage, today’s Seattle Times ca…
Alden Global Capital and MediaNews Group: From Distressed Investing to an American Local News Empire — and the Capital Playbook of Randall Smith and Heath Freeman
1. The first thing to clarify is the distinction between Alden Global Capital and MediaNews Group: they are not the same company, and they were not fo…
Regent and Michael Reinstein: From Defense News to a Global Empire of Legacy Brands and Distressed Asset Turnarounds
1. The first conclusion is that Regent should not be understood simply as “the private-equity owner of Defense News.” Regent is better understood as a…
NXMH and Kim Jung-ju: From the Nexon Gaming Empire to a European Evergreen Private Equity Platform
1. The first point to clarify is that NXMH was not created like a conventional private-equity fund in which a founder raises a fund from outside limit…
OnlyFans and Tim Stokely: From an Adult Creator Platform to a Global Subscription Economy Giant — and the Capital Empire Behind Leonid Radvinsky
The first thing to understand is that the “founder of OnlyFans” and the person who controlled the company during most of its explosive growth are not …
The Smurfs: How Peyo Turned a Comic Side Character into a Global IP That Has Endured for Nearly 70 Years
1. The first thing to clarify is what “founder” means, because Smurf.com, The Smurfs, and Peyo Company exist at different layers. Smurf.com is not ana…
From a One-Person Task Force to 27.63 Million Customers: Yun Ho-young, Kakao, and the Decade-Long Rise of Korea’s Largest Internet Bank, KakaoBank
1. First, the most commonly misunderstood point: KakaoBank does not have a single founder in the conventional Silicon Valley sense. Strictly speaking,…
From Cancer-Drug Billionaire to Los Angeles Times Owner: How Patrick Soon-Shiong Connected Medicine, Capital, and Media Power
1. The most important correction is that Patrick Soon-Shiong did not found the Los Angeles Times. The paper’s predecessor, the Los Angeles Daily Times…
From a $66 Million Bet on Continental Airlines to a $327 Billion Alternative-Asset Empire: David Bonderman, Jim Coulter, and TPG’s Three-Decade Evolution
1、First, the object of study must be defined correctly: today, “TPG Capital” is no longer synonymous with the whole of TPG, and TPG itself was not the…