The Canadian-based company last year acquired The Works Entertainment, the company that has partnered with Lionsgate in the production of a live magic show based on the hit film franchise Now You See Me, and earlier bought the Blue Man Group in 2017 and VStar Entertainment Group, which specializes in children’s shows, in 2018.
FOUNDER OF CIRQUE DE SOLEOL TV
The continued global expansion of Cirque du Soleil includes a host of new film, TV and digital partners. Along with Guy Laliberté, another co-founder, these street performances were filled with larger-than-life. After the latest transaction, Texas-based TPG Capital remains the majority shareholder of Cirque du Soleil Entertainment Group with a 55 percent stake and China’s Fosun Capital Group retains a separate 25 percent stake.ĭespite becoming a global brand on the strength of its traveling and permanent circus shows, Cirque du Soleil in recent years has diversified into film, TV and digital exploitation of its brand in partnership with Canada’s Bell Media and Saban Brands, among others. Curated profile of Guy Lalibert, CEO and Co-founder, Cirque du Soleil including career history, news and intelligence, portfolio companies and investments. The history of Cirque du Soleil traces back to the 1980s. In the early ’80s, Gilles Ste-Croix, the co-founder of Cirque du Soleil, was busy creating street shows in Quebec with young performers under the collective name Les Échassiers de Baie-Saint-Paul (the Baie-Saint-Paul Stilt walkers). Much of the shows budget of at least 165 million. The Cirque du Soleil founder’s cashing out comes ahead of the entertainment group getting set to hold a possible initial public offering to tap equity markets for additional growth capital. The Cirque du Soleil show called Kà opened in 2005 at the MGM Grand, in Las Vegas, as the most expensive theatrical production in history. Soska Sisters Drop First Look at Psychosexual Thriller 'On The Edge' (Exclusive) The founder of Cirque de Soleil, Guy Lalibert, has been taken into police custody in French Polynesia for growing cannabis, Lalibert's investment firm said on Wednesday.
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