About two months in the past, rumors emerged relating to the potential sale of Dorna Sports activities for a price round 2 billion euros. It has been the promoter of MotoGP and the World Superbike Championship for a few years.
In accordance with El Confidencial, the sale was on the desk from the Bridgepoint fund, holding 39 % of the corporate. There’s one other 38 % from a Canadian public fund and 20 % owned by the staff. And Carmelo Ezpeleta, CEO of Dorna, lately confirmed to La Repubblica that the deal may truly turn into a actuality: ‘Final yr we made many adjustments, however sports activities proceed to be on the middle of the present. I verify the rumors: there are negotiations for the sale’.
Nonetheless, the Spaniard assured that Dorna is prepared for any state of affairs – whether or not a change of possession or stick with it with the identical shareholders. Since 2006, Bridgepoint has been a shareholder of Dorna, whereas the earlier traders remained from 1998 to 2006. Ezpeleta recalled that that is an uncommon longevity: ‘Often, firms owned by enterprise capital, which is our case, don’t stay for greater than 4 or 5 years. However each rule has its exception’.
