ONE Championship president says IPO always part of the plan
"We have definitely been in conversations with exchanges, both in the West and over here," he said on a panel at the Reuters Next summit in Singapore.
Group ONE Holdings, the parent company of ONE Championship, previously floated the idea for a public listing in the United States in 2022 as part of a global expansion drive.
ONE Championship is Asia's largest sports media player, according to Nielsen, a global audience measurement and data analytics company.
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