Former majority owner of Mindgeek, Bernd Bergmair might buy International assets of Russian oil company Lukoil

[TheButcher]

Former majority owner of Mindgeek, Bernd Bergmair might buy International assets of Russian oil company Lukoil, that is some big news.



https://money.usnews.com/investing/news ... ources-say



"LONDON/PARIS, Dec 3 (Reuters) - Austrian businessman Bernd Bergmair, former majority owner of an adult entertainment group including website Pornhub, has approached the U.S. Treasury about buying international assets of sanctioned Russian oil major Lukoil, two sources familiar with the matter said."

Further down in the article:

"Lukoil International GmbH, based in Vienna, owns refineries in Europe, shares in oilfields in Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Iraq and Mexico, plus hundreds of retail fuel stations around the world. The assets are worth an estimated $22 billion, based on 2024 filings."

And a little bit further down.

"Bergmair, who worked for Goldman Sachs in New York as an investment banker in the 1990s before turning to private investments, was the majority owner of MindGeek - a Luxembourg-based firm with websites including Pornhub, RedTube and YouPorn - until it was sold in 2023 for an undisclosed sum to a Canadian private equity firm."

[AlexO]

Damn he's going places

[blingman]

Did Fabian Thylmann sell Manwin to Bernd Bergmair who renamed it MindGeek or what was the story I forget

[koster]

Smart people do not stick to one industry or business, they go where the money is.

[calista]

Did Fabian Thylmann sell Manwin to Bernd Bergmair who renamed it MindGeek or what was the story I forget

Mansef manwin mindgeek three name changes all kept the first letter M

[urbanlegend]

How many times has pornhub been sold

[Big MOE]

Never heard of him or heard his name until now, I thought Fabian was the man who made Mindgeek what it was.

[Farang]

Did Fabian Thylmann sell Manwin to Bernd Bergmair who renamed it MindGeek or what was the story I forget

Mansef manwin mindgeek three name changes all kept the first letter M

yep, because offices in Canada have a large 'M' as a logo on the building. Fabian didn't feel like replacing that.