This is the seventh blank-check company, or special-purpose acquisition company (SPAC), founded by Michael Klein, who is perhaps best known as the former CEO of global banking at Citi.

Our founder, Michael Klein, is also the founder and managing partner of M. Klein and Company, which he founded in 2012. M. Klein and Company is a global strategic advisory firm that provides its clients a variety of advice tailored to their objectives. Mr. Klein is a strategic advisor to global companies, boards of directors, senior executives, governments and institutional investors. Mr. Klein’s background in strategic advisory work was built during his 35-year career, including more than two decades at Citigroup Inc. (“Citi”) and its predecessors, during which he initiated and executed strategic advisory transactions.

(Note: Churchill Capital Corp. VII further upsized its IPO at pricing on Feb. 11, 2021, to 120 million units, up from 100 million, at $10 each to raise $1.2 billion. In an S-1/A filing dated Feb. 8, 2021, Churchill Capital Corp. VII had more than tripled the size of its SPAC IPO to 100 million units, up from 30 million units initially, at $10 each to produce estimated proceeds of $1 billion.)