The Vulture
Young enterprise
Many people think of the school run as nothing more than a tiresome chore, but three entrepreneurial types have demonstrated that it is actually a business opportunity.
Published Thursday, 19 August 2010.
Keep your friends close
Clayton Dubilier & Rice has adopted an interesting recruitment strategy of late. Clayton Dubilier hired Manvinder Singh Banga – a former Unilever board member – just a short time after securing the services of Alan George Lafley, ex-chairman of Unilever’s arch-rival Procter & Gamble.
Published Thursday, 19 August 2010.
Attaboy Baird
Congratulations are due to Baird Capital Partners, which has sold lock maker Paddock Holdings to Assa Abloy for an impressive 2.7x return.
Published Thursday, 19 August 2010.
What’s in a name?
The Vulture notes with interest the website of Swedish private equity house Valedo Partners, which explains that its name came about through the combination of Latin terms “valesco”, meaning to grow or strengthen, and “credo”, meaning belief or confidence.
Published Thursday, 19 August 2010.
Dear Sir,
Dear Sir,Upon perusing the pages of your publication recently, I was struck by the strong similarity that Inflexion founder Simon Turner bears to Aidan Gillen, who is perhaps best known as Mayor Tommy Carcetti from acclaimed TV series The Wire. Might the pair be related?
Published Wednesday, 28 July 2010.
Say, say my playmate
A hands-on investment strategy isn’t for everyone, but US firm Rizvi Traverse Management may soon become an enthusiastic advocate. Rizvi has teamed up with wizened lothario Hugh Hefner to help him make a $123m (€95m) bid to become sole owner of Playboy.
Published Wednesday, 28 July 2010.
Blackburn and Wight
Matrix Group investment manager Guy Blackburn brought a whole new meaning to the term “liquidity event” last Wednesday by plunging bravely into the Solent, a stretch of water between England and the Isle of Wight.
Published Wednesday, 28 July 2010.
Mergers we'd like to see
Among many excellent features of the new Real Deals website is the ability to search through (at the last count) 8,180 private equity and venture capital transactions stretching back ten years – an extremely useful resource for deal-doers.
Published Wednesday, 28 July 2010.
Marathon men
The Greek sovereign currency crisis may be threatening yet another wave of economic misery across Europe, but that isn’t stopping some of private equity’s best and brightest from limbering up for the 2,500th marathon in Athens, taking place in October this year.
Published Wednesday, 14 July 2010.
There's no such thing as bad publicity
The industry has had a pig of a time for the past 18 months, so if you’ve backed a winner, it’s important to hog the limelight.
Published Wednesday, 14 July 2010.
