14-04-2025
Italy's Secretive Shipping Tycoon Has Been Thrust Into Spotlight With New Port Deal
Gianluigi Aponte, the secretive Italian billionaire who founded MSC Mediterranean Shipping Co SA, has emerged as a powerful broker in a $19 billion port deal with Hong Kong tycoon Li Ka-shing.
Aponte and his family-controlled Terminal Investment Ltd., known as TiL, are the main investors in a consortium that has proposed a $19 billion accord to buy 43 ports from Li's CK Hutchison Holdings, people familiar with the matter have said.
