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Fortune
Jessica Mathews

Here’s how Kim Kardashian and Carlyle vet Jay Sammons’ new firm is shaping up

portrait of Kim Kardashian (Credit: Grace Rivera for Fortune)

It came as a bit of a shock when, a year ago, Kim Kardashian and ex-Carlyle partner Sammons said they were going into business together, and setting out to start their own consumer business-focused private equity firm.

While the duo has yet to make a first deal—or even close their first fund—Sammons and Kardashian say they’ve narrowed in on a few targets, and are laying out their first handful of hires, and in a new feature story by my colleague Emma Hinchliffe they detail what the rest of us can expect from SKKY Partners.

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