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Ben Gilbert: belief

20 Feb 2024 Acquired Hermès

“Even though it's completely unnecessary, it just feels right for Acquired. I think you and I can each maintain 24.”

— Ben Gilbert

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Speaker
Ben Gilbert
Attribution
Verified speaker
Claim type
belief
Recorded
20 Feb 2024
Publisher
Acquired
Episode
Hermès

Transcript context

…It's so badass. Dude, you and I should contribute. We should make A51. Even though it's completely unnecessary, it just feels right for Acquired. I think you and I can each maintain 24. 5% stakes, but A51 really should... I love it. We haven't floated our business on the public markets yet, so we're taking Karl Lagerfeld's advice. We don't need to incur the legal fees around doing this. That vehicle was and is still headed by one of the family members, Julie Guerrand, who was an investment banker at Rothschild. She leaves and full time becomes head of the defense, I assume alongside Axel, who obviously comes from the banking world, too.…

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