Tidjane Thiam

Tidjane Thiam’s Spac pursues $1.5bn Latin American fintech target

Tidjane Thiam's Freedom vehicle raised $345m in March via a listing on the New York Stock Exchange, advised by JPMorgan, Bank of America and Broadhaven

The combined entity would be worth about $1.5bn — much higher than Thiam’s $345m Spac

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Clockwise from top left; Garth Ritchie, Tidjane Thiam, Makram Azar, Doug Braunstein, Michael Klein and Gary Cohn

Meet the high-flying bankers riding the Spac wave

Garth Ritchie, Gary Cohn and Tidjane Thiam are among banker bigwigs who have jumped into the trend for blank cheque companies, or Spacs

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Former Credit Suisse chief executive, Tidjane Thiam is working with JPMorgan to launch a new Spac to invest in financial services organisations

Former Credit Suisse boss Tidjane Thiam lining up $250m Spac with JPMorgan

The bank pitched the Spac idea to Thiam, with the products surging in popularity amid the Covid-19 pandemic

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