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Bollore's Ugly Deal Gets Uglier
Vivendi's quixotic Havas takeover is getting expensive, too.
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Billionaire Vincent Bollore only owns 20 percent of Vivendi SA, but he rules it as a king.
The corporate raider engineered the French media company's planned 3.9 billion-euro ($4.6 billion) takeover of advertising agency Havas SA, another company he owns a stake in. He plans to install his 37 year-old son Yannick, who now runs Havas, as Vivendi's CEO.