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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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Media Coverage

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

July 6, 2021
Clayton, Dubilier & Rice (“CD&R”) today announced an agreement under which its portfolio company, Solenis, will be acquired by Platinum Equity. The transaction, expected to close before the end of 2021, implies an enterprise value for...
 Fort Dearborn and Multi-Color Corporation

Press Release

July 2, 2021
Clayton Dubilier & Rice (“CD&R”) today announced a definitive agreement under which CD&R funds will acquire and combine Fort Dearborn and Multi-Color Corporation (“MCC”), to create the world’s largest label solutions company serving...
CD&R’s Rising Women: Enhancing Performance Through Diversity

Media Coverage

July 1, 2021
Access to teams that are diverse across a range of dimensions may be more important than ever as private equity seeks to build companies for a post-pandemic future, say Sarah Kim, Diana Moraru and Sandra Peterson at Clayton, Dubilier & Rice
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Press Release

July 1, 2021
Clayton, Dubilier & Rice and Vera Whole Health today announced that they have entered into an investment partnership that will advance Vera’s delivery of next-generation, value-based healthcare. Vera’s innovative model is centered on whole...
Randy Moore

Press Release

June 25, 2021
Clayton, Dubilier & Rice (CD&R) today announced the appointment of Randy Moore, former Chief Operating Officer at COOP Careers, as President of the CD&R Foundation whose purpose is to provide “Equity through Opportunity.” The CD&R...
CD&R’s Sandi Peterson.

Events

June 16, 2021
Sandi Peterson, CD&R Operating Partner, addressed approximately 300 private investment industry participants at Falk Marques Group’s Women’s Leadership Unbound Summit this June. The event focused on helping women in the private capital community...
Sandi Peterson on Women’s Leadership
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Events

June 16, 2021
CD&R Operating Partner Sandi Peterson shares her view on what it takes to be a successful leader at the Women’s Leadership Unbound Summit hosted by Falk Marques Group. The attached video is an excerpt from the conversation. A downloadable...
Sarah Kim

Events

June 9, 2021
Sarah Kim, CD&R Partner, addressed 150 industry participants in a keynote fireside chat at the Kayo Women’s Private Equity Summit. Interviewed by Carolyn Vardi, partner at Ropes & Gray, Ms. Kim shared perspective on her career path and on...
Roberto Quarta

Events

June 8, 2021
CD&R Europe Chairman and Operating Partner Roberto Quarta shares his perspective on the evolving private equity environment with Tilly Franklin of Cambridge University Endowment Fund at the European Private Equity Investor Summit hosted by Sahar...
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Press Release

June 1, 2021
Cloudera, (NYSE: CLDR), the enterprise data cloud company, today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired by affiliates of Clayton, Dubilier & Rice (“CD&R”) and KKR in an all cash transaction valued at...
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