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Sandy Robertson (1931-2024)
Sandy Robertson (1931-2024), most consistent Silicon Valley investor, best friend and mentor of mine for over 30 years. Renaissance man...


Will we still need Investment Bankers?
March 12, 2025 Hans J Apostel Valuable thoughts found in "Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from Stone Age to AI" by Yuval...


Super Founders
Not everyone has the privilege to be rooted in Silicon Valley or cross paths with a future billionaire at the Stanford University campus....


Unicorns to the sun
For those who are committed to understanding more than superficial name-dropping on AI, I highly recommend Stephen Wolfram’s What is...
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Letter to Clients and Limited Partners
July 30, 2020 The first and second quarters of this year could not have been more eventful for our equity portfolio: it took great...
Apollo-LyondellBasell Deal Key Lessons
August 11, 2018 This month marks the 4th anniversary of Apollo completely exiting LyondellBasell, a large chemicals company at a $9.6bn...
Five Years After Hiring OSF Merchant Banking, Thyssenkrupp Sells CSA to Ternium
February 23, 2017 After investing approximately €8 billion  to build the Companhia Siderúrgica do Atlântico (CSA) steel complex  and...
ThyssenKrupp Speeds Up Sale of CSA
June 25, 2012 By Ivo Ribeiro (Valor Econômico) | São Paulo, June 25, 2012 The German group ThyssenKrupp  is set to announce in the coming...
Morgan Stanley Private Equity and OSF Merchant Banking Form Strategic Partnership
March 28, 2012 São Paulo, March 28, 2012 – Morgan Stanley Private Equity  announced today that it is forming a strategic partnership...
Completion of the largest deal involving a russian company in Brazil
November 1, 2011 OSF Invest is pleased to announce the successful completion of one of the most significant cross-border transactions in...
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