News Articles

The Wall Street Journal - Putting His Money Where His Values Are

Published: 06-24-2010
Nicolas Berggruen became a billionaire through classic value investing. Now, he is switching to a new strategy. Call it "values investing." With rice farms in Cambodia, windmill farms in Turkey, an ethanol plant in Oregon and glittering new skyscrapers in poor inner cities around the world, Mr. Berggruen is pumping millions of dollars into projects that he hopes will both expand his fortune and alleviate social ills.
 

The Wall Street Journal - Berggruen Sees Buyout Pearls

Published: 06-23-2010
Billionaire's Criteria Healthy Firms With Lots Of Debt Look Ripe
 

Business Today - Footloose Fortune Hunter - Billionaire investor Nicolas Berggruen is on the prowl

Published: 06-22-2010
HE DOESN’T LIVE IN A HOME because he’s constantly on the move.
 

The Financial Times - Enigma Who Reaps Special Rewards

Published: 06-21-2010
On a chilly afternoon in New York, just as the lunch crowd was starting to gather, Nicolas Berggruen sat down at his usual table outside Café Boulud, a few blocks away from the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
 

The Financial Times - Prisa seals $900m Liberty deal

Published: 06-20-2010
Prisa has secured an injection of up to $900m under a merger deal with a US vehicle run by Nicolas Berggruen, the "homeless billionaire ", and Martin Franklin, a former tennis partner of "Chainsaw" Al Dunlap.