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  • Losses almost tripled at Sale Sharks owner’s £1bn empire before takeover

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    Losses at the empire built up by Simon Orange, the self-made millionaire who co-owns rugby union side Sale Sharks, almost tripled in the year before being taken over. Cheshire-based CorpAcq counts more than 40 businesses as part of its portfolio including the likes of Cotton Traders but does not include the Prem Rugby club. The [...]

    Simon Orange sold a majority stake in his business empire to TDR Capital at the start of 2025.
  • Sale Sharks tycoon Simon Orange buys steel giant

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    The co-owner of rugby union side Sale Sharks, Simon Orange, has bought the UK’s second-largest steel contractor just a few months after selling his investment business in a deal worth more than £1bn. Self-made millionaire Orange, whose brother Jason was an original member of Take That, has snapped up a majority stake in Greater Manchester-based [...]

    Simon Orange is the co-owner of Sale Sharks.
  • Sale Sharks owner sells £1bn empire to Asda backer TDR Capital

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    Simon Orange, the self-made millionaire who co-owns Premiership rugby club Sale Sharks, has sold his business empire to Asda backer TDR Capital in a deal worth more than £1bn. CorpAcq, which is based in Cheshire, counts more than 40 businesses as part of its portfolio including the likes of Cotton Traders. CorpAcq does not included [...]

    TDR Capital became the majority owner of Asda towards the end of 2024.
  • New York float worth £1.2bn involving Michael Klein abandoned

    August 20, 2024

    The planned $1.6bn (£1.2bn) merger involving a Cheshire investment group founded by the brother of former Take That singer Jason Orange, that would see it float on the New York Stock Exchange, has collapsed. The deal between Corpacq, which was founded by Simon Orange, and Churchill Capital Corp VII, a special purpose investment vehicle set [...]

  • Corpacq’s $1.6bn New York float nears after six-month delay

    June 24, 2024

    A $1.6bn (£1.26bn) merger involving an investment group founded by the brother of a former Take That singer is on the verge of being approved after being delayed by six months.

  • CorpAcq: $1.6bn New York Stock Exchange listing ‘on track’ after London snub

    January 23, 2024

    Revenue and profits jumped at an investment group ahead of its $1.6bn merger in the coming months, a new filing has revealed.

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