Billionaire Leon Black in talks to lead acquisition of the Telegraph, WSJ reports

FILE PHOTO: Leon Black, Chairman, CEO and Director, Apollo Global Management, LLC, speaks at the Milken Institute's 21st Global Conference in Beverly Hills, California, U.S. May 1, 2018. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson/File Photo


(Reuters) - Leon Black, co-founder and former CEO of Apollo Global Management, is in talks to become the anchor investor in the acquisition of the Telegraph, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday.



(Reporting by Aatrayee Chatterjee in Bengaluru; Editing by Devika Syamnath)