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David Rosenthal: evaluation

21 Feb 2023 Acquired LVMH

“The fashion line doesn't work, but Fenty beauty is likely doing close to $2 billion in revenue, I think, at this point.”

— David Rosenthal

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David Rosenthal
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Claim type
evaluation
Recorded
21 Feb 2023
Publisher
Acquired
Episode
LVMH

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…Right as Beyonce and Jay-Z are becoming the global face of Tiffany... Who comes in and acquires 50% of Ace of Spades for unannounced, but probably hundreds of millions of dollars, LVMH. Meanwhile, one of the very few brands that they have built internally within LVMH over the past couple of years is Fenty with Rihanna. Rihanna is on Jay-Z's Roc Nation label. That's how the relationship gets started. Fenty is this unbelievable success. They originally started it with the concept that it was going to be like all the traditional maison. It was going to have a fashion line and a beauty line. The fashion line doesn't work, but Fenty beauty is likely doing close to $2 billion in revenue, I think, at this point. Yeah, Fenty beauty is definitely one of the recent success stories.…

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