萬達6.5億美元收購世界鐵人公司

With a cavalier disregard for China’s slowing economy, the country’s richest man inked a $650m deal for a US sports company — a move that he described as a big bet on the emerging Chinese middle class.

中國首富王健林無視中國正在放緩的經濟，敲定了一筆6.5億美元的交易，收購一家美國體育公司。王健林稱，此舉是對中國新興中產階級的一次大舉押注。

Dalian Wanda, owned by Wang Jianlin, a property and entertainment industry tycoon with close ties to the Chinese regime, on Thursday held the formal signing for 100 per cent of the World Triathlon Corporation, which runs the Ironman triathlon event.

王健林是一位與中國政界關係密切的房地產和娛樂業大亨。週四，他旗下的大連萬達(Dalian Wanda)舉行了收購世界鐵人公司(World Triathlon Corporation)全部股權的簽約儀式。世界鐵人公司是鐵人三項賽的運營方。

Wanda has expanded outside of its core areas of property development for the past few years, and in 2012 it bought AMC Theatres in the US, part of a push into entertainment.

過去幾年，萬達一直在向核心的地產開發業務以外擴張。2012年，該公司收購了美國AMC影院公司(AMC Theatres)，這是該公司進軍娛樂業舉措的一部分。

Mr Wang said the WTC deal represented a further transition away from being “a traditional property company”. It is the third major investment in the sports industry he has made following Infront Sports & Media, and football club Atlético Madrid.

王健林表示，收購世界鐵人公司，標誌着萬達從“單純的房地產企業”進一步轉型。這筆交易是他繼收購盈方體育傳媒(Infront Sports & Media)和入股足球俱樂部馬德里競技(Atlético Madrid)之後，在體育產業作出的第三項大手筆投資。