“You need somebody who is really voting for you… You should back this guy with money… there would have been no AKO capital without him.”

In Good Company with Nicolai Tangen · Friday Wrap-Up: Lessons from a Former Boss and the Decline of Shareholder Rights

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Secured a personal reference from his former boss to persuade investors to back AKO Capital

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