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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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Press Release

January 9, 2020
Clayton, Dubilier & Rice today announced the appointment of Jeff Hawn, former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Quest Software, as a Partner at the Firm. Mr. Hawn has 20 years’ experience across a range of senior executive roles in...
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Press Release

December 16, 2019
The SOCOTEC group, one of Europe’s largest providers of testing, inspection and certification services for construction and infrastructure sites, today announced the acquisition of DPA (“David Pattillo & Associates”), a highly respected provider...
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Press Release

November 20, 2019
Clayton, Dubilier & Rice today announced an agreement under which CD&R-managed funds will acquire Cynosure, LLC, a leader in medical aesthetics systems and technologies, from Hologic, Inc. (NASDAQ:HOLX). Cynosure develops, manufactures, and...
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Media Coverage

October 16, 2019
QuickDeck can be assembled in the air over water, roadways, and other difficult-to-reach job sites.
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Press Release

October 14, 2019
Clayton, Dubilier & Rice ("CD&R") today announced the appointment of Jean-Luc Belingard, a senior executive with a successful career leading global pharmaceutical businesses, as an Operating Advisor to CD&R Funds. Mr. Belingard will work...
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Press Release

October 11, 2019
Clayton, Dubilier & Rice announced today that it has appointed Björn Killmer as a Partner. Mr. Killmer is based in the Firm’s London office. Mr Killmer joins a CD&R investment team that has sourced investments in 16 European headquartered...
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Press Release

September 30, 2019
Brookfield Business Partners L.P. (NYSE:BBU) (TSX:BBU.UN) ("Brookfield Business Partners"), together with its institutional partners (collectively “Brookfield”), and Clayton, Dubilier & Rice (“CD&R”) today announced a definitive agreement...
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Events

August 1, 2019
Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, in partnership with CD&R portfolio company Core & Main and Reboot Accel, is hosting an inaugural Lean Forward women’s leadership summit for CD&R portfolio companies. The summit was organized to enhance...
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Press Release

July 30, 2019
Clayton, Dubilier & Rice today completed the sale of TRANZACT, a leading provider of comprehensive direct-to-consumer sales and marketing solutions for individual Medicare and Life insurance policies across the US, to Willis Towers Watson (...
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Press Release

July 1, 2019
Sirius Computer Solutions, Inc. (Sirius), a leading national IT solutions integrator, announces that Clayton, Dubilier & Rice (CD&R), a private investment firm, has finalized its agreement to acquire a majority equity interest in Sirius from...
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