GIBBI, Today
In this newsletter I write the 5 most important news that I read in the day about businesses, media and sports in México and in the World.
Stories:
Atlético San Luis vs Cruz Azul
Crystal Palace win Community Shield 2025
AI is creating new Billionaires at a record pace
Pro Sports attract Private Credit attention as valuation soar
Rod Fergusson leaves Blizzard after five years leading Diablo
Atlético San Luis vs Cruz Azul (GIBBI’s Editorial Staff)
Tonight at 21:05 CT on Alfonso Lastras Stadium (San Luís Potosí, S.L.P)
Atléti: 13th place with 3 points (1-0-2 record)
Cruz Azul: 6th place with 5 points (1-2-0 record)
My Prediction:
Cruz Azul win by 1 goal difference
GIBBI View: Liga MX returns after two weeks because mexican teams were playing Leagues Cup 2025; Atléti and Cruz Azul were eliminated in Phase One, where Cruz Azul made the ridiculous when lost the first game 7-0 against Seattle, and I expect that Cruz Azul had improved and win this games
Crystal Palace win Community Shield 2025 (GIBBI’s Editorial Staff)
Crystal Palace defeated Liverpool in penalties (5-4) after tied the game 2-2, and Crystal Palace win its first Community Shield in its history
Crystal Palace qualified to this game after defeated Man City 1-0 in FA Cup 2024-2025 Final, and Crystal Palace won its first FA Cup in its history and first title in since won Full Member’s Cup in 1990-91
Liverpool qualified to this game after won Premier League 2024-2025 season, and won its 20th Premier League title and second in the last 3 years (2021-2022 season)
GIBBI View: This is a bad start to Liverpool for 2025-2026 season, because they were the favorite to win this tournament for 17th time but failed; talking about that, Premier League will start this friday its 2025-2026 season where Liverpool alongside Man City, Arsenal and Chelsea are the favorite to win this tournament, where Liverpool is the reining champion team
AI is creating new Billionaires at a record pace (CNBC)
Artificial intelligence startups have minted dozens of new billionaires this year, adding to an AI boom that’s quickly becoming the largest wealth creation spree in recent history
There are now 498 AI “unicorns,” or private AI companies with valuations of $1 billion or more, with a combined value of $2.7 trillion, according to CB Insights. Fully 100 of them were founded since 2023. There are more than 1,300 AI startups with valuations of over $100 million
A new crop of billionaires is rising with sky-rocketing valuations. In March, Bloomberg estimated that four of the largest private AI companies had created at least 15 billionaires with a combined net worth of $38 billion. More than a dozen unicorns have been crowned since then
GIBBI View: Talking about that, I’m trying to take advantage of AI boom and I want to create my own AI Startup to create a product that million of people want and become a billionaire; the startups that I’m trying to create are: GIBBI Super App, GIBBI Media Company, GIBBI Speak and GIBBI Carsharing
Pro Sports attract Private Credit attention as valuation soar (PitchBook)
Investing in professional sports was historically limited to individual billionaire owners in the United States: the likes of George Steinbrenner and Jerry Jones were the typical shareholders of legendary franchises like the New York Yankees and Dallas Cowboys
Private investors have gained exposure to the burgeoning success of professional sports franchises in various ways, but one of the most direct is in directly purchasing (or, in the case of credit investors, financing) minority ownership stakes in the teams themselves
Notable PE Investors in Sports:
Ares Management: 16 active investments - $545.9 Billion AUM
Blue Owl Capital: 2 active investments - $273 Billion AUM
Sixth Street Partners: 7 active investments - $100 Billion AUM
GIBBI View: In this newletter I’ve written several news about private equity companies that have invested in sports:
RedBird Capital has invested in Lebron James’ SpringHill company, and bought UK’s Telegraph for $500 million
Silver Lake helped Endeavor go private, and sold 45% of Miami Open to Stephen Ross
Ares Management bought 10% stake of Dolphins
Arctos Partners tops $11 billion sports assets, bought 10% stake of Bills and bought 12.5% stake of PSG
Sixth Street bought 10% stake of San Francisco Giants, and backed William Chisholm to buy Celtics
Rod Fergusson leaves Blizzard after five years leading Diablo (Engadget)
Rod Fergusson, the general manager of the Diablo franchise for the last five years, is leaving Blizzard. Fergusson announced the move on social media, but didn't say where he's going next. Before joining Blizzard in 2020 to lead Diablo, Fergusson was studio head at The Coalition, where he oversaw Gears of War
"After five years driving the Diablo franchise with four big launches, it’s time to step away from Blizzard/Microsoft, sword in hand, and see what’s next," Fergusson wrote in a post on Bluesky
"I’m proud of what we’ve built and excited for what’s ahead for Diablo, and for me." His departure comes after significant layoffs this summer at Microsoft, Blizzard's owner, which affected its gaming division
GIBBI View: I've always wanted to start to code and try to create a videogame about sports (most probably soccer) and other something similar to grand theft auto, and maybe create a videogame company, so let’s see if I start to write a business idea about next week in my blog