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Pacific Equity Partners sips on The Man Shake owner Cranky Health

Anthony Macdonald, Sarah Thompson and Kanika Sood

Jan 30, 2022 – 6.16pm

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It’s Man Shakes all round at Australian buyout firm Pacific Equity Partners after it agreed to acquire a controlling stake in the weight loss product’s owner, Cranky Health.

It is understood PEP will invest in Cranky Health alongside its founder and the face of Man Shake, Adam MacDougall, a former representative rugby league player who set up the business a decade ago.

Anthony Macdonald is a Chanticleer columnist. He is a former Street Talk co-editor and has 10 years' experience as a business journalist and worked at PwC, auditing and advising financial services companies.

Sarah Thompson has co-edited Street Talk since 2009, specialising in private equity, investment banking, M&A and equity capital markets stories. Prior to that, she spent 10 years in London as a markets and M&A reporter at Bloomberg and Dow Jones.

Kanika Sood is a journalist based in Sydney who writes for the Street Talk column.