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Kering's billionaire founder Francois Pinault to buy streaming platform

Kering founder François Pinault and two other founders of Paris-based I2PO are buying music-streaming platform Deezer for 1.075 billion euros. According to a Bloomberg report the entity will raise at least 120 million euros, with the aim to go public after a previous attempt in 2015. Deezer, a French online music streaming service, was founded...

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François Pinault, founder of Kering, to open Paris art museum

François Pinault, founder of luxury group Kering, is to open a new contemporary art museum in Paris to house his vast art collection and open a space to presenting new exhibitions and projects open to every artistic discipline. The 150 million euro museum will be housed at the Bource de Commerce in central Paris and will be Mr Pinault’s third...