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Arena Show Part II: Brooks Running (with CEO Jim Weber) · Acquired
- ▶ 35:22 Ben Gilbert You get the liquidity event that you're looking for, and you're sold to Russell Athletic.
- ▶ 35:29 Ben Gilbert What was it like communicating to the team, we're joining Russell?
- ▶ 35:56 Jim Weber We're going to practice on Russell Athletic.
- ▶ 36:40 Ben Gilbert So two more years pass, business continues to grow, Russell gets bought by Fruit of the Loom, and Fruit was already owned by Berkshire, right?
- ▶ 38:46 Jim Weber Anyway, but they're, they're, you know, the longtime company, they bought it for Russell Athletic Apparel.
- ▶ 40:22 Ben Gilbert You're still within Russell, within Fruit.
- ▶ 40:47 Jim Weber So, um, Fruit was, you know, sort of consolidating all their stuff, and they had, they had bought Russell for about a billion dollars with internal capital, and they were about to go and restructure that.