Comment / OceanX radar: Ker-ching! for Yildirim; Saadé vs France; party time at Matson

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25/07/2022

Straight to the podium today:

1) Gold Medal: goes to Robert Yildirim for his smart investment in CMA CGM back in the post-financial crisis dark days of box shipping…. Last week’s interview with the JOC – in which he estimates the value of his shares in CMA CGM (24%) as worth $22bn – shows it to be one of the best investments ever: he paid $500m for 20% in 2010.

2) Silver Medal: to CMA CGM CEO and major shareholder Rodolphe Saadé ...

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