David Whelan Cashes Out Of Jjb

2007-06-13T00:00:00

David Whelan, who founded JJB Sports in 1971, and his family have sold off all their 68 million shares in the British sporting goods retailer, for about £190 million (€280.2m-$372.7m). They sold the shares to a joint venture vehicle formed by Exista, a financial group based in Iceland, and to ...

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