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  • Sandals of the German sandals and shoes maker Birkenstock are pictured in a store window at the company’s store in Berlin on February 26, 2021. – Germany’s unabashedly frumpy but comfortable flat sandals Birkenstock stepped into the luxury leagues on February 26, 2021, with an LVMH-backed company and the French group’s billionaire owner snapping up a majority stake in the iconic brand. (Photo by John MACDOUGALL / AFP) (Photo by JOHN MACDOUGALL/AFP via Getty Images)Finance

    From Louboutins to Birkenstocks, footwear brands are minting a new round of billionaires

    By Devon Pendleton, Benjamin Stupples, and others
  • Denis Sverdlov, founder and chief executive officer of Kinetik, reacts during a Bloomberg Television interview in London, U.K., on Thursday, Oct. 8, 2015. Sverdlov, the former chief executive officer of Yota and inventor of the double sided Yotaphone launched Kinetik, a $500 investment company in August. Photographer: Simon Dawson/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesFinance

    EV SPAC spawns 3,000% gain for this billionaire Russian

    By Alexander Sazonov, Benjamin Stupples, and others