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Top Founder-Friendly Private Equity Firms

Media Coverage

June 30, 2019
Inc. Magazine published its inaugural list of 50 private equity firms known for treating entrepreneurs as partners.  CD&R is proud to be recognized for its work with family and founder-led companies and included on the list.
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Press Release

June 29, 2019
As interest groups raise awareness about plastic waste, paper materials are an important part of the solution. 
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Press Release

May 30, 2019
As part of its long-term leadership transition plan, Clayton, Dubilier & Rice (CD&R) today announced the appointment of Nate Sleeper as Chief Executive Officer, and David Novak and Rick Schnall as Co-Presidents, effective January 1, 2020....
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Press Release

May 21, 2019
Clayton, Dubilier & Rice has acquired a significant stake in MOD Super Fast Pizza Holdings, LLC (“MOD”, the “Company”), an operator and franchisor of fast casual restaurants offering customizable, made-on-demand artisan-style pizzas and hand-...
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Press Release

April 25, 2019
Clayton, Dubilier & Rice today announced the appointment of Sandra E. Peterson, former Group Worldwide Chairman of Johnson & Johnson, as an Operating Partner, effective April 29, 2019.
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Press Release

April 24, 2019
MyToolbox Technologies, Inc., a digital labor marketplace for skilled blue collar workers, has won the $75,000 grand prize in the annual Harvard Business School New Venture Competition.  The Dubilier Prize was established by Clayton, Dubilier &...
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Media Coverage

By Adam Bryant, Managing Director at Merryck & Co.
April 8, 2019
For the next installment of our interview series with top directors, my colleague David Reimer, the CEO of Merryck & Co. Americas, and I sat down with Don Gogel, chairman and CEO of the private-equity firm Clayton, Dubilier & Rice. Gogel has...
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Press Release

April 5, 2019
Sirius Computer Solutions, Inc. (Sirius), a leading national IT solutions integrator, and Clayton, Dubilier & Rice (CD&R), a private investment firm, today announced an agreement in which a CD&R fund will acquire a majority equity...
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Press Release

March 31, 2019
Willis Towers Watson (NASDAQ: WLTW), a leading global advisory, broking and solutions company, announced today the acquisition of TRANZACT, a direct-to-consumer health care organization that links individuals to U.S. insurance carriers. TRANZACT was...
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Press Release

February 8, 2019
Today, Covetrus (NASDAQ:CVET) celebrates the combination of two unique and complementary businesses - Henry Schein Animal Health and Vets First Choice - as a newly formed company. Covetrus will leverage decades-long experience, insights, technology...
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Events

November 17, 2022
November 17, 2022 - Vindi Banga, CD&R Operating Partner who chairs the Firm’s ESG initiatives, addressed Private Equity International's Responsible Investment Forum in London, which reported more than 400 registered participants. Interviewed by...
Lori Butler.

Press Release

November 8, 2022
Clayton, Dubilier & Rice announced today the appointment of Lori Butler as Director of Environmental Stewardship, a newly created position to help the Firm's portfolio companies build value through environmental strategies. In the new role, Ms....
Micaela Bulich.

Events

October 11, 2022
Micaela Bulich, Operating Advisor to CD&R Funds, addressed the Reuters’ 2022 Supply Chain Execution Europe event, discussing how companies must transform to ensure employee retention in the face of rising labor shortages across the logistics...
Gordon Smith

Press Release

October 4, 2022
Clayton, Dubilier & Rice announced Gordon Smith, former Co-President and Chief Operating Officer of JPMorgan Chase & Co., as an Operating Advisor to CD&R funds. Mr. Smith will work with CD&R's financial services team to help source...
Mike Lamach

Press Release

September 14, 2022
Clayton, Dubilier & Rice announced Michael Lamach, who previously served as Executive Chair and Chief Executive Officer of Trane Technologies (formerly Ingersoll-Rand), has been appointed as an Operating Advisor to CD&R funds.
David Winokur

Press Release

September 6, 2022
Clayton, Dubilier & Rice announced the appointment of David Winokur, an experienced financial services investor, as a Partner at the firm. In his new role, Mr. Winokur will build the newly created financial services vertical and be engaged in...
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Press Release

August 11, 2022
Humana Inc. (NYSE: HUM) today announced that it has successfully completed its previously-announced transaction with private investment firm Clayton, Dubilier & Rice (“CD&R”) to divest a majority interest in the Hospice and Personal Care...
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Press Release

August 2, 2022
Clayton Dubilier & Rice (“CD&R” or the “Firm”) today announced that the CD&R Foundation (the “Foundation”) has made grants totaling approximately £2.4 million to three non-profit organisations in the United Kingdom over the next three...
Dave Novak.

Perspectives

July 28, 2022
Dave Novak, Co-President of CD&R, recently appeared on the Money Maze Podcast to discuss the evolution of private equity over the past four decades, and how it can drive business efficiency and value creation. Speaking to Simon Brewer, Co-...
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Press Release

July 28, 2022
Clayton, Dubilier & Rice (“CD&R”) announced agreements under which CD&R Fund XI and affiliates will acquire the Facilities Services business of OCS Group (“OCS”) and have made a binding and irrevocable offer to acquire Atalian, approval...
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