Cryptocurrency mogul Brock Pierce, Kazakh investor Nurali Aliyev and Hollywood producer Steven Paul are part of the investor group behind Edgar Bronfman Jr.’s last-minute bid to stop the planned merger of Skydance Media and Paramount Global, TheWrap has learned.
According to the signed bid submitted to Paramount’s Special Committee on Monday night and obtained by TheWrap, those investors are in a group of 19 financial backers for the parent company of the legendary Hollywood studio.
In addition to Bronfman himself, the group also includes Fortress Investments, the private equity group funded by Japan’s Softbank and India’s Mubadala.
Pierce is a controversial figure who has been at the forefront of the cryptocurrency and blockchain movement, co-founding the venture capital firm Blockchain Capital in 2013.