EBX The group, controlled by billionaire Eike Batista , has made an offer on the Canadian Ventana Gold of which is already among the major shareholders with a share around 20%. Ventana is committed in particular in certain mining exploration projects in Colombia and was rated by EBX about 1.5 billion Canadian dollars ($ 12.63 Canadian per share). But who is
Eike Batista? A Brazilian businessman fifty "self-made" that the magazine Forbes ranked as the eighth richest man in the world in its 2010 rankings, thanks to a personal fortune of 27 billion dollars. Wealth linked to a number of companies he started quite recently (as OGX , firm oil and gas exploration founded in 2007 and listed the following year) and last year alone grew by 19.5 well billion (that has made the rich ever more able to increase their personal wealth in 2009 around the world) and at least another 1.4 billion this year with the landing on the Brazilian list last March, also though with a lower rating of 3.9 billion short of expectations, of OSX (operating in the shipbuilding industry).
precisely the disappointing reception of OSX by mercato ha indotto Batista a cancellare la già programmata Ipo di EBX che quindi continuerà a crescere in modo organico o tramite acquisizioni prima di riprovare uno sbarco sul listino. “Il valore complessivo delle nostre aziende (tra cui anche un’altra azienda quotata, LLX , attiva nel settore della logistica, ndr) è ora di 44 miliardi di dollari” aveva rivelato Batista a metà aprile scorso aggiungendo di non essere interessato a portare in borsa OSX prima che tale valore raggiunga “i 100-120 miliardi di dollari”. Nel frattempo non è detto però che Batista intenda debba stare con le mani in mano, evidentemente.
