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The Tornante Company

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The Tornante Company, LLC is an American privately held investment firm founded in 2005 and owned by former Paramount Pictures and The Walt Disney Company CEO Michael Eisner. Tornante invests in, acquires, and operates media and entertainment companies.

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When Eisner was bicycling around Italy, he saw a signpost that inspired the name Tornante for his company. Tornante means "hairpin turn" in Italian.[2]

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History

The Tornante Company was founded by Michael Eisner in 2005, after he left The Walt Disney Company.[3] In 2006, Tornante formed Vuguru production company with backing from Rogers Media of Canada.[4] The company made a $12.5 million venture funding round investment in Veoh in April 2006. Tornante purchased Team Baby Entertainment, a maker of infants and toddlers sports-related DVDs in June 2006. On March 5, 2007, the company and Madison Dearborn Partners purchased Topps for $385 million.[3] Tornante planned to have Team Baby merge with Topps.[2]

In June 2015, Tornante Co. formed Tornante-Sinclair LLC, a TV production company, with Sinclair TV Group.[5] Eisner's company signed in November 2015 a worldwide distribution deal with Universal Pictures to release the firm's self-funded slate of films.[6] In August 2017, Tornante closed on the purchase of the Portsmouth Football Club for an undisclosed deal;[1] however, BBC reported that Eisner had offered £5.67 million[7] "and will invest an extra £10m."[8]

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Holdings

Current investment holdings of the firm include:[as of?]

Former holdings of the firm include:

  • Team Baby Entertainment (June 2006) a maker of infants and toddlers sports-related DVDs,[3] which merged with Topps[2]
  • Veoh (stake) April 2006[3]–April 7, 2010[10]
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