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Robert Yildirim kept CMA CGM afloat: "People said I was crazy"

The Turkish mining magnate takes credit for the idea of introducing alliances in container shipping - and would like a new nickname.
”I went to CMA as an industrial investor, and although all the risks were there, I knew how to control a worst-case scenario,” says Robert Yildirim about his entry as a major shareholder and rescuer in CMA CGM. | Photo: Yildirim Group
”I went to CMA as an industrial investor, and although all the risks were there, I knew how to control a worst-case scenario,” says Robert Yildirim about his entry as a major shareholder and rescuer in CMA CGM. | Photo: Yildirim Group
by JENS THOMSEN

HAMBURG

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