Playboy (PLBY): Cultural Icon, Back to Its Licensing Roots
In this Business Breakdown, David Barbato and “uzocapital” sit down with Playboy’s (PLBY) CEO Ben Kohn.
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Ben Kohn is CEO of Playboy, Inc. (PLBY), a role he's held since 2018 after two decades in private equity, including as a managing partner at Rizvi Traverse, the firm that took Playboy private in 2011.
In this conversation, Kohn breaks down Playboy's shift to an asset-light licensing…
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