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Private Equity International Awards 2007

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CD&R Receives 2007 North American LBO Firm of the Year Award Private Equity International
December 31, 2007
2007 has been an exceptionally productive year for CD&R in terms of realizations, new investments, creating value in the portfolio and building the organization. The Firm has announced realizations generating over $3 billion and deployed (or...

Perspectives

January 1, 2007
All private equity firms seek to maximize the value of their investments. However, there are many different models or routes to this end. What shall be referred to as the “industrial approach” in this chapter is a distinctive model which is based on...

Perspectives

November 27, 2006
What's so good about private equity? A lot.

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The Times (UK)
July 29, 2006
Since 1978, CD&R has been identifying opportunities to acquire non-core corporate orphans – businesses whose operating and financial performance can be enhanced dramatically by the Firm's proactive ownership model. The Times (UK) profiles CD...
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Private Equity International, 2005 Private Equity Analyst, 2005 Buyouts, 2005 The Deal, 2005
December 31, 2005
CD&R Receives 2005 Deal of the Year Awards: Hertz  In December 2005, a CD&R-led investor group completed the acquisition of The Hertz Corporation in a transaction valued at $15 billion. Hertz, formerly a subsidiary of Ford Motor Company (...

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Private Equity International, June 2005
June 1, 2005
CD&R believes its breadth and depth of management experience position it well to acquire businesses across a wide range of industries and with various business characteristics. CD&R's operating partner have broad industry experience that can...
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CD&R Receives 2003 Exit of the Year Award: Kinko’s Private Equity International
March 1, 2004
In February 2004, CD&R completed the sale of Kinkos to FedEx Corporation (NYSE: FDX) for $2.4 billion in cash. CD&R's investment  [PEI Exit of the Year] in Kinko's dates back to December 1996, when a CD&R-managed fund initially acquired...
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CD&R Receives 2001 Exit of the Year Award: Alliant Exchange Buyouts Newsletter
November 1, 2001
In November 2001, CD&R completed the sale of Alliant Exchange, Inc., one of the largest foodservice providers in the U.S.  [Buyouts Logo] with sales of approximately $6.7 billion, to Royal Ahold (NYSE: AHO), the international food retail and...
Donald J. Gogel (left), Chief Executive Officer of Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, receives the Private Equity Hall of Fame Award from Steven P. Galante, President of Asset Alternatives, Inc.

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CDR Inducted into Private Equity Hall of Fame
May 1, 2000
Donald J. Gogel (left), Chief Executive Officer of Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, receives the Private Equity Hall of Fame Award from Steven P. Galante, President of Asset Alternatives, Inc., publisher of The Private Equity Analyst. Inducted in 2000...
Cover of "Pioneering Portfolio Management" by David F. Swensen

Perspectives

January 1, 2000
As Yale's chief investment officer, David F. Swensen transformed the management of the university's portfolio, largely by focusing on nonconventional strategies, including a heavy allocation to private equity. Swensen’s chapter on CD&R’s...
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Press Release

March 4, 2021
Clayton, Dubilier & Rice announced today an agreement under which its portfolio company Capco, a global management and technology consultancy, will be acquired by Wipro Limited (NYSE: WIT), a leading global information technology, consulting and...
Private Equity International Awards 2020: Large Cap Firm of the Year in North America

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PEI 2020 Awards
March 1, 2021
We are honored to be recognized by the Private Equity International Awards 2020 as the Firm of the Year (Large-Cap North America category)*. We are also very proud to be named one of three finalists for EMEA deal of the year for our partnership...
Stroup, John: Portrait Photo.

Press Release

February 18, 2021
Clayton, Dubilier & Rice today announced that John Stroup, Executive Chairman of Belden, Inc., has been named an Operating Advisor to CD&R funds. Mr. Stroup joined Belden, a global leader in signal transmission and security systems solutions...
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Press Release

February 11, 2021
Sponsors for Educational Opportunity, Ltd. (SEO London), a registered UK charity focused on promoting ethnic, gender and socioeconomic diversity and inclusion (D&I) across a range of industries, announces the launch of its EMEA-focused...
Wolseley employee and customer.

Press Release

February 1, 2021
Clayton, Dubilier & Rice today completed the previously announced acquisition of Wolseley UK, a leading specialist distributor of plumbing, heating, climate control, pipe and infrastructure & utility products in the United Kingdom, from...
S&S Activewear tradeshow display

Press Release

January 20, 2021
S&S Activewear (“S&S”) and Clayton, Dubilier & Rice (“CD&R”) announced a new partnership in which CD&R-managed funds will invest alongside current owners and management to acquire S&S, a leading North American distributor of...
Wolseley

Press Release

January 4, 2021
Clayton, Dubilier & Rice (“CD&R”) announced today an agreement to acquire Wolseley UK (“Wolseley”), a leading specialist distributor of plumbing, heating, climate control, pipe and infrastructure & utility products in the United Kingdom...
Black Women in Asset Management

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December 30, 2020
Black Women in Asset Management (BWAM), an industry organisation promoting the advancement of Black women working in the asset management industry, today announces that Barrington Hibbert Associates, Blackstone, Clayton Dubilier & Rice, Goodwin...
TruGreen donated $80,000 to First Tee - Greater Philadelphia Chapter, one of First Tee's 150 chapters, to support their Drive for the Future initiative designed to transform a golf club into an innovative outdoor classroom, serving as the heart of First Tee’s educational and character development programs in northeast Philadelphia.

Press Release

December 28, 2020
TruGreen, the nation's leading lawn care provider, recaps another year of giving through their partnerships with First Tee and St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. This past year also marked TruGreen's $1 million milestone of giving back to local...
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December 15, 2020
Mr. Johri worked for more than 30 years at UTC, serving as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of UTC from 2015 to 2019 and as Special Advisor to the Chairman and CEO from 2019 to 2020. He was also Chief Financial Officer for Pall...
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