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FB Roundup: Mukesh Ambani, Joe Tsai, Patrick Drahi
June 14, 2022

In this week’s FB Roundup, Mukesh Ambani makes a £5 billion bid to buy Boots; Billionaire Joe Tsai invests millions in Just Women's Sports; and Patrick Drahi’s proposed takeover of BT is expected to be blocked by the UK government.

Mukesh Ambani makes £5 billion bid to buy Boots
Indian billionaire Mukesh Ambani has teamed up with American private equity company Apollo Global Management to make a £5 billion tender for the UK pharmacy retail giant Boots.

Ambani, who is the richest person in Asia and the seventh richest in the world (according to Forbes), has been working on a potential buyout for the high street chain since April through his Reliance Industries firm and is now placed for a formal takeover.

The future of the internet and the exponential adoption of the metaverse
April 20, 2022

The metaverse, a term first coined in 1992 by Neil Stephenson in his novel Snow Crash, has developed over the past two years from a science-fiction theory to a real-world technology that is predicted by Goldman Sachs to be a $12.5 trillion opportunity by the end of the decade, says Michael Gord, co-founder and chief executive officer of GDA Capital.

The metaverse, a term first coined in 1992 by Neil Stephenson in his novel Snow Crash, has developed over the past two years from a science-fiction theory to a real-world technology that is predicted by Goldman Sachs to be a $12.5 trillion opportunity by the end of the decade.

The case for including digital assets in your investment portfolio
March 4, 2022

Digital assets represent an attractive investment opportunity to diversify a family office investment portfolio says GDA Group chief investment officer George Spentzos.

Digital assets represent an attractive investment opportunity to diversify a family office investment portfolio. This sector represents about $3 trillion of global assets and is poised for further growth. It includes a broad array of investment types: Cryptocurrencies (e.g., Bitcoin and Ethereum), DeFi platforms, decentralized applications, and non-fungible tokens (NFTs).

Breakout session with Abhinav Ram Reddy
February 28, 2022

The next-gen managing director of office park developer GAR Corporation talks to Campden FB about adapting and evolving while sticking to what you know.

Abhinav Ram Reddy, the managing director of Hyderabad-based office park developer GAR Corporation, knows all too well the havoc the unexpected can wreak. Having weathered the COVID-19 pandemic, Reddy is now looking forward to shepherding his family-run business into a bright future.

Next gen Abhinav Ram Reddy on developing the GAR Corporation family business
November 23, 2020

The next generation principal of the office park developer GAR Corporation expects India will recover economically in 2021, but is unconvinced remote working will become a permanent fixture.

The next generation principal of the office park developer GAR Corporation expects India will recover economically in 2021, but is unconvinced remote working will become a permanent fixture.

FB Roundup: Melia, Otto Group, Clarks
November 8, 2020

Digitalisation, flexibility and safety keep Melia’s doors open against drop in revenue, Otto Group ‘bounces back’ off e-commerce acceleration, Clark family rescue shoe business with LionRock Capital deal.

Digitalisation, flexibility and safety keep Melia’s doors open against drop in revenue

Spain’s Escarrer family is determined to improve the competitiveness and efficiencies of its global hotel business after counting the cost of the “terrible” impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the travel industry.

How family businesses are using social media to engage the world in coronavirus lockdown
May 1, 2020

Family businesses are overcoming global coronavirus lockdowns by using innovative digital strategies to reassure audiences, update customers, share healthcare advice and pay tribute to their workforce.

Family businesses are overcoming global coronavirus lockdowns by using innovative digital strategies to reassure audiences, update customers, share healthcare advice and pay tribute to their workforce.

Common Reporting Standard and Internet of Things may increase cyber risk to family offices
October 8, 2018

With cybersecurity breaches at well-known companies hitting the headlines, it is easy to believe that family offices which maintain a low profile would not be a prime target for digital fraud.

With cybersecurity breaches at well-known companies hitting the headlines, it is easy to believe that family offices which maintain a low profile would not be a prime target for digital fraud.

However, this ignores the attractiveness of the information that is stored by a family office, their advisers and their financial institutions—information and data which is potentially useful to criminals who wish to steal from, harm or damage the reputation of a wealthy family.

Cybersquatters target family business
June 21, 2013

Lakshmi Mittal – head of family steel firm ArcelorMittal – has fought back against a businessman who bought website domain names in his name and offered them back to the UK-based billionaire at a hefty £6 million price tag.

Lakshmi Mittal – head of family steel firm ArcelorMittal – has fought back against a businessman who bought website domain names in his name and offered them back to the UK-based billionaire at a hefty £6 million price tag.

On the front line: family offices and online security
June 18, 2010

The challenges social networking sites pose to wealthy families puts the role that family offices can play firmly in the spotlight, writes Katie Barker.

The challenges social networking sites pose to wealthy families puts the role that family offices can play firmly in the spotlight, writes Katie Barker.

Trenchant criticism over its attitude to privacy forced Facebook to simplify its privacy settings in May in order to make them more user-friendly. The social networking giant had admitted that it shared up to six pieces of information about its users with various third parties.

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