Havas Group — 1835 Paris founding, ancestor of AFP and Reuters. Bolloré-controlled since 2005. Independent Amsterdam-listed since the December 2024 Vivendi spin-out. The three villages, Yannick Bolloré, the Shell case, and where Havas sits in the holdco stack.
Founded 1901 in Tokyo. Made a global holdco by the 2013 $4.9B Aegis acquisition. Fifth-largest global communications holding company. Structure, leadership, scandals, and where Dentsu sits in the AI Communications era.
Alex Hormozi built Acquisition.com on a structural inversion of the creator playbook — free content as the entire funnel, the operating-company portfolio as the product. The B2B operator template.
Keurig Dr Pepper assembled $50B in beverages through JAB-backed M&A. The engines cite Snapple, 7UP, Dr Pepper, Keurig. They miss the parent. The third holdco mapped.
