Actor Ryan Reynolds owns a minority stake in the wireless provider
Ryan Reynolds is about to have a very nice nice payday.
T-Mobile has announced it’s buying budget wireless provider Mint Mobile in a larger deal worth over $1.3 billion.
The acquisition of Mint Mobile’s parent company will also include international calling service, Ultra Mobile and wireless wholesaler, Plum.
Reynolds, who purchased a minority stake in Mint Mobile in 2019, and will stay on in his “creative role” on behalf of the company.
Taking to Twitter, Reynolds says he “never dreamt” he’d own a wireless company and “certainly never dreamt” he would later sell it to T-Mobile.
Mint Mobile was created in 2016 with the goal of delivering an “affordable, premium wireless” service direct to consumers.
At the time, Reynolds said he was “excited to champion a more practical approach to the most essential technology.”
