Blavatnik

The prime minister David Cameron, who read PPE at Brasenose College, Oxford, called Blavatnik's gift "a very generous act of philanthropy" and said the School would "create a new avenue for training and research in the crucial field of good government and public policy in this country and around the world".

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Those considering the Warner offering are said to include Sony; investment firm Guggenheim Partners LLC; BMG Rights, a joint venture of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. LP and Bertelsmann AG; and Access Industries Inc., a holding company controlled by Russian-born billionaire Len Blavatnik, a former Warner Music director who left the board in 2008.

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Mr. Blavatnik hasn't indicated whether he has plans to pursue an EMI deal, according to the people familiar with the matter.

Warner Music Nears Deal With Billionaire Blavatnik Ethan Smith 2011

But Mr. Bronfman, who people familiar with the matter have said is close to Mr. Blavatnik, has engaged in several rounds of talks with EMI since taking control of Warner Music.

Warner Music Nears Deal With Billionaire Blavatnik Ethan Smith 2011

Len Blavatnik The tentative deal, which would value Warner at around $3.3 billion including assumption of debt, wasn't finalized, these people cautioned, and could be beaten by a higher last-minute bid.

Warner Music Nears Deal With Billionaire Blavatnik Ethan Smith 2011

In 2007, Edgar Bronfman, Jr. sold a Manhattan townhouse on East 64th Street to Russian oil magnate Len Blavatnik for $50 million.

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The start of the EMI auction comes a little over a month after Russian-American billionaire Len Blavatnik' s Access Industries Inc. agreed to buy Warner Music Group Corp. in an all-cash transaction valued at $3.3 billion.

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Access Industries Inc., a holding company controlled by industrialist Len Blavatnik ; and private-equity firm Platinum Equity, these people said.

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There's Len Blavatnik, a Russian-born oil magnate turned media player; Ron Burkle, the politically connected supermarket mogul dubbed the "Billionaire Party Boy" by the New York Post; music rivals Sony, and maybe Universal; and a whole host of financial players.

The sale of Warner Music highlights a turning point for the whole industry 2011

Warner Music is close to being acquired by a conglomerate controlled by investor Len Blavatnik in a deal valuing it at about $3.3 billion.

What's News: Business & Finance 2011