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Kelso & Company

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.

  1. 1988

    American Standard

    White-Knight LBO with an ESOP

  2. 1988

    Arkansas Best

    Trucking LBO

  3. 1990

    Earle M Jorgensen

    Metals Service Center LBO with ESOP

  4. 1995

    Peebles

    Small-Town Department Store Buyout

  5. 2003

    BWAY

    Take-Private of a Metal and Plastic Container Maker

  6. 2005

    Coffeyville Resources CVR Energy

    Refinery and Fertilizer Secondary Buyout

  7. 2024

    Galloway and Company

    Architecture & Engineering Platform

  8. 2025

    Wellington Altus

    Investment in a Canadian Independent Wealth Platform