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Novator Partners
Novator Partners LLP is a British private equity investment firm based in London owned by Björgólfur Thor Björgólfsson.
The company specializes in investments in companies based in emerging markets. Industries by which it focuses on include telecommunications, pharmaceuticals, social gaming, financial services and natural resource sectors.
In 2003 Novator acquired a 70% stake in Czech telecoms company České Radiokomunikace for £120m. It owns 39.23% of the shares in T-Mobile Czech Republic a.s. (one of the two largest mobile operators in the Czech Republic). Novator sold the stake three years later for £942m.[citation needed]
In 2005 it acquired the largest single stake in Finnish telecom company Elisa for around £100m. The stake was later sold in 2007 for £311m.
In 2005 Actavis acquired the New Jersey–based generic drug company Amide Pharmaceutical for US$500 million.
In 2005 Novator invested in video game developer CCP,[citation needed] and sold their stake to developer Pearl Abyss for $425 million.
In 2006 it acquired a large stake in Polish telecom Netia. Netia has the second-largest fixed-line network in Poland. Netia and Novator announced that they are going to build a 4th mobile network in Poland. Novator sold its entire 30.3% stake in Netia in 2009.
In 2007 Novator founded Play, a Polish telecommunications provider. Play IPO’ed on the Warsaw Stock Exchange in July 2017. Novator sold its remaining stake in Play to Iliad SA, a French provider of telecommunications services in September 2021.[citation needed]
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Novator Partners
Novator Partners LLP is a British private equity investment firm based in London owned by Björgólfur Thor Björgólfsson.
The company specializes in investments in companies based in emerging markets. Industries by which it focuses on include telecommunications, pharmaceuticals, social gaming, financial services and natural resource sectors.
In 2003 Novator acquired a 70% stake in Czech telecoms company České Radiokomunikace for £120m. It owns 39.23% of the shares in T-Mobile Czech Republic a.s. (one of the two largest mobile operators in the Czech Republic). Novator sold the stake three years later for £942m.[citation needed]
In 2005 it acquired the largest single stake in Finnish telecom company Elisa for around £100m. The stake was later sold in 2007 for £311m.
In 2005 Actavis acquired the New Jersey–based generic drug company Amide Pharmaceutical for US$500 million.
In 2005 Novator invested in video game developer CCP,[citation needed] and sold their stake to developer Pearl Abyss for $425 million.
In 2006 it acquired a large stake in Polish telecom Netia. Netia has the second-largest fixed-line network in Poland. Netia and Novator announced that they are going to build a 4th mobile network in Poland. Novator sold its entire 30.3% stake in Netia in 2009.
In 2007 Novator founded Play, a Polish telecommunications provider. Play IPO’ed on the Warsaw Stock Exchange in July 2017. Novator sold its remaining stake in Play to Iliad SA, a French provider of telecommunications services in September 2021.[citation needed]