Blog: Len Blavatnik

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WMG to IPO: Here’s What You Need to Know

Mark Mulligan

7 Feb 2020

Access Industries

downtown music holdings

Len Blavatnik

Throughout the last decade more than $10 billion has been invested into music catalogues. UMG bookended the merger and acquisition (M&A) boom with the Tencent-led $3 billion stake in its business,...

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Full Stack Or Media-Tech Conglomerate? Just What Kind Of Empire Is Access Industries Building?

Mark Mulligan

21 Jan 2016

Access Industries

Bertelsmann

Crowdsurge

Deezer announced yesterday that it had closed a further €100 million investment round led by existing investors Access Industries and French telco Orange. There is no doubt Deezer needs the growth capital...

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