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EG Group: building an empire on debt-fuelled growth

EG Group, run by the billionaire Issa brothers and a secretive private equity firm, has rapidly grown into a petrol stations empire with €20bn in annual revenues. As the FT’s Kaye Wiggins explains, the business has been built on debt, low interest rates and bold ambition. Last year it purchased Asda for £6.8bn, but with no experience in running a supermarket chain, what will the company do with it?


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FT Due Diligence is a video channel analysing the fast-moving world of M&A, illuminating the trends behind the complex global transactions and how to unlock value from acquisition deals. The channel alternates between independent reporting from FT journalists and insight on global dealmaking from law firm Baker McKenzie.