Chapter 798 (1/2)
In addition to a dispensable Commission, the biggest benefit of the westero system is to further link its private military forces with the US government.
The American military consulting and security services company (MCSS), which is controlled by the Westeros family, is already a signing partner of the CIA.
After this operation, Ukraine's Ukrainian front line military service company (ufms) also achieved this goal in fact.
With this identity, Simon's private military power can avoid many unnecessary troubles.
Because with the deepening of cooperation, there are more and more secrets that are not enough for external humanity, and no one dares to open the lid easily. Those who attempt to do so are almost enemies of the US government. With the legal privacy of officially recognized hiding places, Simon can use these private weapons more safely when necessary.
Celia Miller was briefed on Saturday morning, and the afternoon was left to Joseph schrap and Paul Spitz, two political leaders.
After last year's mid-term election, not to mention the secret layout and the political lobbying departments of the subsidiaries, the political leaders of the Westeros were divided into two parts. Joseph schrap was mainly responsible for the political trends and bill lobbying in Washington, while Paul Spitz was responsible for the implementation of the intensive cultivation of the Westeros system in the states of the United States The plan is to infiltrate the political influence of the Westeros family into all States, counties and even specific constituencies in the United States in the next few years.
As long as Paul Spitz's goal is achieved, the westero system will be able to influence the domestic political trend of the United States more quietly in the future, and it will not easily attract too obvious attention.
Starting from one o'clock in the afternoon, everyone's meeting time is two hours.
It is mainly to solve some issues that are not suitable for discussion in phone calls and emails that may be bugged.
Through last year's mid-term election, Simon showed a muscle. What he has to do now is to keep a low profile and keep a low profile.
Whether it was members of Congress who were directly funded by the Westeros last year or indirectly benefited from the sniper program, Simon did not mention any new requirements to them in recent months except for some bills he had pushed earlier. He tried his best to fulfill the promise that the Westeros, who had made a statement to several big men in Washington at the beginning of the year, were just laying out Washington to protect themselves.
In fact, various bills closely related to the westero system have been carried out smoothly, as well as the black rock merger just finalized in recent days. All of these have made Simon's investment last year recover quite a huge return.
With so many benefits, Simon would not be stupid enough to find something to show the existence of westrow system in Washington.
After working in the afternoon, Simon took a helicopter to Manhattan.
Tonight, I'm going to attend a reception of the Lauder family to celebrate the official listing of Estee Lauder on the New York Stock Exchange at the end of this month.
As the world's largest top cosmetics giant in memory, Simon began to pay attention to Estee Lauder very early, and obtained 10% shares of Estee Lauder through Apollo management company's channel with 250 million US dollars in 1991. In recent years, Estee Lauder also has a lot of cooperation with westero system, and the interests of both sides are closely related.
Simon initially wanted melisandro to take over Apollo's 10% stake in Estee Lauder.
However, after some subsequent operations, Apollo management's sub funds holding Estee Lauder shares were all replaced by the self owned capital of westero system. In fact, westero company was in full control, and 10% of the shares could not obtain much voice of Estee Lauder. Therefore, Sofia was not interested, and Simon did not intend to do anything more.
With the continuous recovery of the North American stock market and the successful expansion of Estee Lauder in the past few years, after the IPO started last year, the final IPO valuation of Estee Lauder reached US $4.3 billion, the number of shares issued accounted for 15% of the total share capital, and the fund raised was us $650 million, half of which belonged to the sale of shares of Estee Lauder family, and the other half belonged to additional issuance for future enterprise development.
Based on the IPO valuation, Apollo management's initial investment of $250 million has increased by 72% in less than four years.
And it's just the beginning.
The industry is generally optimistic about the development prospect of Estee Lauder, and many analysts predict that the market value of Estee Lauder will easily exceed $5 billion after it goes public. This figure is far from the $50 billion market value of Estee Lauder in Simon's memory, but it also means that Estee Lauder has great potential for growth in the future.
Because it is optimistic, Apollo management's sub fund, which is completely subordinate to westero company, will continue to participate in Estee Lauder's IPO subscription this time, and will still maintain a 10% shareholding after listing. The Estee Lauder family has managed the company very well. Simon will not try to pursue the control of the company, but will continue to increase his shareholding in the future.
Arriving in Manhattan, Simon had dinner with several leaders of the westero building project to discuss the construction progress of the building until he arrived at the party on time at seven o'clock. The party was held in the upper east side mansion of the Lauder family. Most of the guests were celebrities from Wall Street and fashion circles, and most of them met Simon.After greeting Ronald Lauder, the head of the Lauder family, Simon entered the party hall on the first floor of the villa and immediately attracted a lot of attention.
First of all, Ronald Lauder's daughter, Irene Lauder.
There was also a dew marriage between the two sides, and it was the first time for the girl at that time, but they didn't contact each other several times later.
When we first met, the young girl who had just graduated from university was a little bit edgy and arrogant. Now she is obviously a lot more stable. Her already outstanding temperament is more and more elegant. She is also holding a young man's arm, obviously her boyfriend.
”Simon, this is my fiance Eric sinterhof,” Irene Lauder said as she shook hands with Simon
Simon shook hands with the young man and noticed that Irene Lauder had something in her eyes Well, it should be called something to look forward to. He said with a smile: ”you two are a perfect match. Best wishes to you.”
Eric sinterhof is about the same age as Simon. He doesn't seem to be restrained in front of him. He smiles to express his thanks. He just shows his feet very quickly. He obviously eagerly introduces that he and Irene Lauder are college classmates. After chasing for many years, he finally achieves success. Balabala probably wants to show that their relationship is very stable in front of Simon.
Simon pretended not to notice the details of Irene Lauder's slight frown. He chatted with them for a few words and saw that Trish Goff appeared nearby and waved to the girl. When she came near, he naturally took hold of the baby face supermodel's slender waist, raised his glass to Irene Lauder and walked to Jon Cohen, the head of Goldman Sachs who was nodding to him not far away. They were in front of him Two days in the conference room.
Jon Cohen is the new chairman and CEO of Goldman Sachs who took office last year, succeeding Robert Rubin and Stephen Friedman.
Simon also knows that Jon Cohen won't stay in this position for a long time. No accident, he will give up the position of CEO next year to Henry Paulson, a famous senior executive of Goldman Sachs in Simon's memory. He only holds the title of chairman of the board of directors, and it will not last for several years.
Of course, that doesn't stop Simon from talking and laughing with each other.
No one who can climb to the top of the Wall Street pyramid, whether it's personal strength or identity background, will be simple.
On the other side, as Simon walked away, Irene Lauder was about to go to another place. She noticed that her fiance was staring at the slim figure next to a guy, and immediately said, ”isn't it beautiful?”
Eric hinterhoff, startled by the speech, quickly withdrew his eyes and explained to Irene Lauder with flattery, ”I just, it seems, isn't westero married?”
Irene Lauder still stares at each other: ”yes, so, are you envious?”
Eric hinthoff shook his head. ”Of course not, Irene. I only love you. Forever.”
Then he reached over and wanted to hold his fiancee's waist.
I wanted to avoid it and realized that it was a public occasion. After all, they were engaged. Refusing on the spot might make my fiance embarrassed. Irene Lauder still let him hug her and warned, ”I'll never tolerate this kind of thing, Eric. I can't do it once.”
”I promise you, Irene,” Eric hinthoff said without hesitation
Irene Lauder just let go of her fiance, but still quietly gouged out a guy's back not far away. She thought in her heart that she was a naughty guy.
Simon doesn't know what Irene Lauder is thinking. He is talking with Goldman Sachs CEO Jon Cohen about a $20 billion bond to be issued by the Mexican government, which is a batch of bonds used to solve Mexico's economic difficulties with the support of the United States after last year's Mexican Peso Crisis.
Of course, it was only after Mexico signed a series of unequal treaties that it was able to get relief, so it has considerable repayment protection.