There are some exciting changes taking place at the Shell gas stations islandwide, and much of that is due to Jonathan Blue, chairman of The Antilles Group (TAG), the owner of Shell Jamaica since December 2011. On his recent trip to Jamaica, Blue told The Gleaner that Shell’s success is because of a dedicated and…
Blue Equity, LLC and Cool Corp Limited announced today that Blue Equity has acquired a controlling interest in Cool Petroleum Holdings Limited (“Cool Petroleum”), the licensed user of Shell brands in the country of Jamaica. Blue Equity purchased controlling interest in Cool Petroleum pursuant to agreements through which Blue Equity acquired Neal and Massy Holdings,…
United States private equity firm Blue Equity has purchased a controlling interest in Cool Petroleum, the largest fuel retailer in Jamaica, according to a company release. Cool Petroleum is the licensed user of Shell brands in Jamaica, and the largest fuel retailer by volume in Jamaica, and has more than 50 Shell service stations on…
United States private equity firm Blue Equity has purchased a controlling interest in Cool Petroleum, the largest fuel retailer in Jamaica, according to a company release. Cool Petroleum is the licensed user of Shell brands in Jamaica, and the largest fuel retailer by volume in Jamaica, and has more than 50 Shell service stations on…
“The five or six people who run this town…” I’ve heard that phrase used dozens of times in about as many different contexts in the 12 years I’ve lived in Louisville. Sometimes the number of the anointed shrinks to two or three, and at other times it swells to 10 or 20… It’s not uncommon…
The entire sports agent and sports business community mourns the death of a respected individual who was at the top of Lagardere Unlimited’s tennis division at the time of his passing. Ken Meyerson, best known for his representation of tennis stars including Andy Roddick, Justine Henin, Fernando Gonzalez, Mardy Fish, and many others, passed away late last night…
Nurses Now International, a company backed by Louisville-based Blue Equity LLC, has earned accreditation from the Alliance for Ethical International Recruitment Practices, according to a news release. Nurses Now International is a Mexico-based nursing and human resources firm that trains nurses in English medical terminology and American culture. Nurses work on a temporary basis in…
Lagardere completes its empire: when the French media giant set up its own talent management agency in 2009, few could have predicted that it would acquire a burgeoning American agency BEST just over a year later. The process started in May 2009 with the French entity persuading BEST tennis chief Ken Meyerson to switch allegiance,…
Lagardère Unlimited may be looking to acquire agents representing athletes in sports it isn’t active in now — such as baseball, hockey and Olympic sports — but any deals will come only after it fully integrates new acquisition Blue Entertainment Sports Television, said Jonathan Blue, founder of BEST. Blue, chairman and managing director of Louisville, Ky.-based Blue Equity,…
He might be young, brash and wealthy. But Jonathan Blue also is misunderstood. On Tuesday, Blue, chairman and managing partner of Louisville-based private investment firm Blue Equity LLC, opened his presentation to the Association for Corporate Growth, Kentucky with a clarification rather than an introduction. “I’m not a sports agent. I never was,” he said. “And I…
Blue Equity, LLC and Lagardere SCA announced today that the newly branded Lagardere Unlimited (www.lagardere-unlimited.com) has acquired BEST (Blue Entertainment Sports Television), the sports and entertainment affiliate owned and operated as a portfolio company of Blue Equity, LLC. BEST is a unified, full-service sports and entertainment marketing, management and production firm. Since its initial acquisition…
Arnaud Lagardère has held a press conference about the business of sports after the acquisition of the American-based sports and entertainment agency Best. The CEO of Lagardère has announced the creation of a new division called Lagardère Unlimited, which is set to replace Lagardère Sports. With the purchasing of Best, Lagardère Unlimited establishes itself as…