You may know Ryan Reynolds from starring in blockbuster movies like Infallible, Dead Pool And Detective Pikachu, but he is also a true entrepreneur. If you’re an Apple TV+ subscriber, you may have seen Welcome to Wrexham, which tells the story of the football club after it’s acquired by Reynolds and Rob McElhenney. And you may have been cocktailing Aviation gin, even though Reynolds sold its stake to Diageo shortly before buying Wrexham.
Reynolds is also a co-owner of Mint Mobile, an economic operator that operates on T-Mobile’s network as an MVNO. Mint may soon go down the aviation route like insiders he spoke to Bloomberg claim that T-Mobile is in talks to acquire it.
According to insiders, Reynolds owns a quarter of the shares, so this could be another big payday (the Aviation sale was reportedly a $610 million deal). Or not, a final decision has not yet been made and both carriers have not released any official statements.
PS. One of the trademarks of Ryan Reynolds-owned companies is the actor’s humorous commercials. For a while, Mint Mobile had its own own streaming service which only streamed a single film: the 2003 heist flick Foolproof (alas, the services appear to be down now). And in case you missed it, here’s a Mint Mobile announcement that was written by ChatGPT AI:
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