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Barry Diller's People offers to buy casino giant MGM Resorts for $48.30 per share

CNBC June 01, 2026 1 views
Barry Diller's People offers to buy casino giant MGM Resorts for $48.30 per share

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  • Barry Diller's People Inc. offered to buy MGM Resorts for $48.30 per share.
  • People Inc., formerly known as IAC, owns a roughly 26.1% stake in MGM.
  • Diller already sits on the board of MGM Resorts and would recuse himself from board actions on the proposed deal.
    Barry Diller to make $18 billion bid for MGM
    Barry Diller's People Inc. has offered to buy casino giant
    MGM Resorts for $48.30 per share in cash.
    MGM is the company behind major Las Vegas properties including Bellagio and Aria.
    Shares of MGM were up roughly 11% in early trading Monday. Shares of Diller's firm were up 2%.
    Diller already sits on the board of MGM Resorts and would recuse himself from board actions on the proposed deal, he said in a
    letter to the MGM board of directors.
    People Inc., formerly known as IAC, owns a roughly 26.1% stake in MGM.
    "We began investing in MGM nearly six years ago because we believed it represented a rare kind of business: one with real world assets that AI cannot easily replicate or disintermediate and exceptional digital growth opportunities," Diller, chairman of People, said in a
    news release.
    "We continue to believe the market materially undervalues the power and durability of MGM's assets," he said. "We believe MGM's management team is superb, and that there is a compelling opportunity to support MGM's next phase of growth and help unlock its full value."
    CNBC's
    Andrew Ross Sorkin previously reported an offer could come as early as Monday.

    <small>Source: CNBC</small>

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