Private Equity · Profile from Private Equity Research Companion
Golden Gate Capital
8 deals and moves analysed
Each one gets a full strategy file in the companion: context, the decision, the financing, what happened, and the lesson.
2002
Herbalife
Take-Private After the Founder's Death
2002
Infor
Enterprise Software Roll-up
2007
Express
Carve-out from Limited Brands
2009
Eddie Bauer
Acquisition Out of Chapter 11
2009
J Jill
Distressed Carve-out from Talbots
2011
California Pizza Kitchen
Restaurant Take-Private
2012
Collective Brands Payless
Split Take-Private
2014
Red Lobster
Carve-out from Darden with Sale-Leaseback