“We sold two Denim BlueJean brands…sold our smallest company…pruning the smaller things as we uplevel the rest of the portfolio.”
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Said on Acquiring Minds
Buyers and Builders · $2B Investor on People, 29x Returns & the Future of Private Equity
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Closed a $155 M acquisition by raising $50 M of equity from another PE firm, later the portfolio company went public and was sold for $8 B
$155 M deal, $50 M equity raised, $8 B exit
“We sold two Denim BlueJean brands…sold our smallest company…pruning the smaller things as we uplevel the rest of the portfolio.”
“In many PE firms the committee is for show; we want to hear what everybody has to say to get a much better answer.”
“They've bought seven properties... portfolio worth close to $11 million... about $6 million worth of equity.”
“We did that with university students before they went to university and it dropped their dropout rate 50%. 90 minutes of writing, dropped their dropout rate 50% and raised their grade point average 35%.”
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