Rebirth of England.

Chapter 921 Success Again

"The Prime Minister and Mr. Hollande held talks with Mr. Barroso last week, and finally the EU made a statement..."

Barron received the news from Talulah Riley when he was flying from England to America.

Barroso is the current President of the European Commission. He used to be the Prime Minister of Portugal. He has served as President of the European Commission since 2004. This is his second term and he will complete his term at the end of next year.

Although the President of the European Commission is not like a normal head of government and does not have the power of foreign policy, the power to command the military or the power to raise taxes, he still has relatively great power within the EU, especially someone like Barroso, who has held this position for nearly ten years and can influence many positions in the European Commission.

From the fact that Cameron and Hollande personally went to discuss the acquisition of Alstom's railway business with Barroso, it can be seen that the two of them are really concerned about this matter.

After all, this matter determines the success or failure of Barron taking over the UK High Speed ​​Rail Line 2, which is of great significance to Cameron's governance.

At the same time, Alstom is a French company, and Hollande is very positive about its ability to become the world's largest transit rail group through mergers and acquisitions.

Finally, judging from the feedback from the EU, the chances of the EU approving the merger of Alstom and Siemens’ railway business is almost zero…

After all, once the two parties complete the merger, their market share in railway signal systems alone will exceed 90% of the EU market, which is something that the EU, which is very wary of monopoly oligarchs, will find difficult to accept.

As mentioned before, it is impossible for Siemens to give up its railway signaling business, which is its main business...

This means that the merger of the two parties' railway businesses has basically been rejected.

But as a concession, the EU also stated that it would give maximum tolerance to the merger of the two parties' railway businesses in Alstom's acquisition of Bombardier.

In other words, although it has not made a final decision, the EU will not set up any obstacles to the merger of Alstom and Bombardier's railway businesses.

"It looks like we can discuss some substantive matters with Bombardier..."

"Yes, Your Highness, our acquisition team has arrived in Canada and has officially started negotiations with Bombardier on the specific acquisition plan."

……

After arriving in New York, Barron first celebrated the first birthday of their child Theodore with Ivanta.

Later, many people claimed that Barron TP had been the center of attention since birth and was called the "billionaire baby"...

However, in comparison, Ivanta's son Theodore TP received more attention and could even be called the "trillion baby"...

However, Ivanta was very particular about protecting Theodore and never let him appear in front of the camera.

But although both of them have the last name TP, Theodore's background can be said to be more prominent than that of his uncle.

After all, if the TP family can be called a wealthy family, then Barron's family is now one of the top wealthy families in the world.

Not to mention IC Capital managed by Ivanta, whose assets are dozens of times larger than those of the entire TP Group, her own assets alone far exceed those of the entire TP family.

As for Barron, the TP family is far behind him - the gap is equivalent to the gap between an ordinary person and the richest man in his town.

"What have you been busy with lately? Honey."

After finally coaxing Theodore to sleep and handing him over to the care of the nanny, Barron returned to the bedroom, smiled at Ivanta, and asked.

Ivanta stretched, then leaned into Barron's arms, rested his head on his broad shoulders, and said softly:

"There are always things to do. I just finished the work of Sinclair Group and will hand it over to the new CEO. Twitter will prepare for IPO next. The team has also selected some start-ups. I will choose a few to invest in from the final shortlist. Now these start-ups, even for round A or B financing, need funds that are not tens of millions of dollars three or four years ago..."

As IC Capital continues to expand, Ivanta naturally has more work to do.

Fortunately, she is no longer the little girl who had only a vague understanding of technology and business when she was in charge of IC Capital. Over the years, Ivanta's growth has been visible to the naked eye.

In addition, she also learned a lot from Barron. For example, she also has a whole team of assistants to help her filter out the most important things from the heavy workload, which greatly saves her time to do it herself.

It can be said that one of the most important things for her next is Twitter's IPO.

After last year's Series E round of financing, Twitter's valuation has exceeded $80 billion, and IC Capital still holds a 32% stake in the company, making it its largest shareholder.

The IPO of such a company naturally attracted the participation of many Wall Street investment banks. However, Ivanta directly increased the valuation of Twitter by 100% from the approximately $50 billion that these investment banks initially set for Twitter, requiring that Twitter's IPO valuation should not be less than $150 billion...

It can be said that her move did scare some investment banks.

But there are also those who remain optimistic about Twitter - it has finally been confirmed that Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan Chase and Standard Chartered Merrill Lynch will serve as underwriters for Twitter's IPO.

It can be said that they are all "old friends" here. IC Capital is a major shareholder of Goldman Sachs, the British Fortune Times (BFT) fund controlled by Baron is a major shareholder of JPMorgan Chase, and Standard Chartered-Merrill Lynch is Baron's industry...

This is how it is. Only by leaving this money-making opportunity to "our own people" can we form a closer alliance with each other.

According to the plan, Twitter will be officially listed in November this year. It has now obtained approval from the SEC and has started the listing process.

According to Twitter's prospectus, they plan to issue 7000 million common shares in this IPO, accounting for 10% of the total share capital after listing...

IC Capital’s stake in Twitter will be reduced to 28.8% by then. Based on the $150 billion valuation alone, IC Capital’s investment in the company is currently worth $43.2 billion…

What's more, Barron knew that the market value of Twitter in the original time and space had exceeded 200 billion US dollars on the day of its listing.

It can be said that IC Capital’s investment in Twitter will be another great success.

But the most important thing is the influence of Twitter in American media opinion in the future.

You know, in Barron's previous life, Musk, the world's richest man at the time, only had the capital to influence American politics after acquiring Twitter.