PLEASE DON’T MAKE IT WOKE LIKE EVERYTHING FUCKING ELSE
Endeavor, the talent agency that in 2016 purchased the UFC for just over $4 billion, is being acquired by private equity firm Silver Lake to take the company private after going public three years ago.
Under the terms of the deal, Silver Lake, which was already a major shareholder in Endeavor, acquires 100 percent of the outstanding shares available. Current investors will be paid $27.50 per share in cash.
As of Tuesday, Endeavor shares traded at just under $26 per share but the stock rose after news of the sale went public.
Silver Lake is headed by Egon Durban, the co-CEO of the company and current chairman of the board at Endeavor. Silver Lake has been a major investor in Endeavor for more than a decade, and the company also showed support when Endeavor purchased both the UFC and WWE.
Endeavor’s equity value – the company’s shares and loans that the shareholders have made available to the business – is $13 billion. That doesn’t account for TKO Group Holdings, the merged company with the UFC and WWE. Endeavor remains the majority shareholder in TKO, and there are no current plans to take that company private.
The combined value of Endeavor and TKO is estimated at $25 billion.
“Since 2012, Endeavor’s strategic partnership with Silver Lake and Egon Durban have been central to our evolution into the global sports and entertainment leader we are today,” Endeavor and TKO CEO Ari Emanuel said in a press release. “We believe this transaction will maximize value for all of Endeavor’s public stockholders and are excited to continue to unlock and invest in the growth opportunities ahead as a private company.”
The full transaction is expected to close in the first quarter of 2025.
It’s not expected the sale will affect leadership at Endeavor; Emanuel operates as CEO alongside Patrick Whitesell as executive chairman and Mark Shapiro as president. Shapiro is also president at TKO.
Per the initial statement regarding the sale, “TKO is not party to this transaction and will remain a publicly traded company that will continue to benefit from its connectivity to Endeavor’s expertise, relationships, and significant capabilities.”
This past October, Emanuel revealed Endeavor was considering strategic alternatives, which hinted at a possible sale to take the company private again.
Only a matter of time. Once Dana is gone it’s game over.
@investmentbaker see the quantifiable numbers, names, a little history? See anybody in that article talking about losing 40 pounds you absolute collapsed vein in a child molestor’s dick?
What do you mean?
Private equity is concerned with making profit and that’s it. Private equity groups buy companies all the time and often stay out of running the business, that’s not what they’re usually there for.
Merci. At least I’ll make some Endeavour money in this.
Buyin me a beer !! McTTT
That I would do.
Well this kind of sucks for the poor schmucks that bought thousand of shares in the $30+ range a couple years ago.
Actually, 30-33% of IPO’s drop upon listing 
What is this gimmick you have?
Are you actually in investment banking? If yes you sound like some douche fresh out of school that thinks they have the coolest job.
I’ve worked around people like you my whole career in finance. There are decent investment bankers and then there are losers that think they’re so above the world when they’re the farthest thing from it.
I’ve read other posts of his. He’s absolutely an “I sold my Dogecoin before I could’ve made ten million” guy . There are numerous forms of bullshitters on here LOL!!!
Nice to see Conor Tweeting about NYSE MMA
A stronger Alta Global actually makes our forum stronger and I have no doubt they will continue to invest in this great platform MixedMartialArts. Com which is the longest running mma site in the world
Conor has 10M followers on Twitter and 50m on instagram
His post already hit 220K views in a short space of time
TKO stock reached an all-time-high today.
Fast growing sport still even with 640m global fans.
Highly fragmented sport though with UFC cleaning up most of the business. Alta is for the every day person online training and in gym Training plus forums and other online content.
From planet sport . Com:
Data study reveals MMA as the fastest growing sport financially over the past five years . Parimatch has investigated the salaries of the top 100 earning UFC fighters and compared their salaries against the top earning athletes in other major sports