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Crystal Jade chief on 'marrying off' company
Crystal Jade Culinary Concepts' head honcho Ip Yiu Tung treats the well-known Chinese restaurant group he built like one of his children.
And just talking about its impending sale next week to L Capital Asia, French luxury goods conglomerate LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton's private equity arm, makes him emotional.
"I am handing over the company to another father," he said with a quiver in his voice when asked about the sale, in an exclusive interview with The Straits Times at Crystal Jade Golden Palace at Paragon Shopping Centre yesterday.
L Capital Asia will be acquiring over 90 per cent of the restaurant group, which has an annual revenue of close of $250 million. The deal took about three years to materialise.