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December 7, 2021
CD&R Chairman Don Gogel joined Professor Florin Vasvari, Academic Director of the Institute of Entrepreneurship and Private Capital (IEPC), in a London Business School fireside chat titled, “In conversation with Don Gogel: private capital in...
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Events

December 7, 2021
CD&R Chairman Don Gogel discusses trends and opportunities in private capital with Professor Florin Vasvari, Academic Director of the Institute of Entrepreneurship and Private Capital (IEPC) at London Business School. The video below...
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Press Release

December 2, 2021
Clayton, Dubilier & Rice today completed the previously announced sale of Sirius Computer Solutions, a leading provider of secure, mission-critical technology-based solutions for corporate and institutional customers, to CDW (Nasdaq: CDW). The...
Private equity’s future is bright.

Media Coverage

December 1, 2021
Growing capital flows are helping to increase sellers’ understanding of the PE ownership model and widen the pool of potential targets, say CD&R’s CEO and co-presidents
Dave Novak

Events

November 30, 2021
Dave Novak, Co-President of CD&R, spoke with Dushy Sivanithy, Managing Director and Head of Secondaries at CPPIP, at Sahar Global Summits’ 5th Annual Private Equity and Secondaries Investor Summit. Mr. Novak discussed the asset classes’ growth...
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Press Release

November 9, 2021
Clayton, Dubilier & Rice today announced the completion of the sale of Solenis, a leading global supplier of specialty chemicals and services for water treatment applications, to Platinum Equity. CD&R funds, which along with management owned...
Jillian Griffiths

Press Release

November 4, 2021
Clayton, Dubilier & Rice announced today the appointment of Jillian Griffiths as Chief Financial Officer. Ms. Griffiths joined CD&R in 2015 as a Partner serving as Chief Operating Officer. Over the past six years she has successfully led the...
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Events

November 1, 2021
Dave Novak, Co-President of CD&R, and Roberto Quarta, Chairman of CD&R Europe, delivered the keynote interview at SuperReturn’s 2021 Middle East Conference, which convened an intimate group of investors from the Middle East and beyond. The...
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November 1, 2021
Clayton, Dubilier & Rice completed the previously announced combination of Fort Dearborn Company and Multi-Color Corporation, creating the world’s largest prime label supplier by revenues. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. With...
PwC

Press Release

October 19, 2021
Clayton, Dubilier & Rice and PwC today announced an agreement under which CD&R funds will acquire PwC's Global Mobility Tax and Immigration Services business. The business is the global leader in employee tax, immigration, business travel,...
Private Equity International Awards 2007

Media Coverage

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.

Media Coverage

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...
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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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