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Silver Lake reportedly buying All Blacks stake

Dan Brunskill
Tue, 12 Jan 2021

The All Blacks in action

US technology investment firm Silver Lake is reportedly in late-stage talks to buy a 15 percent stake in New Zealand Rugby that would value the organisation at $2 billion.Sky News has reported that the global technology investment firm may announce a deal to acquire a minority holding in the commercial rights arm of the All Blacks owner as early as this month.The talks are yet to be concluded but reportedly involved the purchase of a 15 percent stake for $300 million, valuing NZ Rugby at $2 billion. That would value the organisation at roughly...

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