Ryan Reynolds Gets Into a Race Car, Financially Speaking
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In big news for those of us watching Netflix’s smash hit Formula 1 docuseries Drive to Survive, and/or people who enjoy the face of Michael B. Jordan, yesterday we learned that Jordan, Ryan Reynolds, and Rob McElhenney have banded together (along with some unfamous people) to buy a 24 percent stake in the team Alpine, formerly known as Renault. Apparently this is not MBJ’s first ownership disco, as he has a minority stake in Bournemouth soccer club, and Ryan Reynolds has of course turned out to be quite the shopper1: In addition to profiting heftily from his stakes in Aviation Gin and Mint Mobile, he sits on the board of Match Group2, and has equity in Wealthsimple and Fubo TV3 — though arguably his most famous enterprise is Wrexham, the Welsh football club he and McElhenney invested in and made the subject of their FX4 docuseries Welcome to Wrexham. That team’s hero arc did no less than REVITALIZE A TOWN, so presumably this is very good news for Alpine — though it still raises many quest…