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Cornerstone.

Press Release

July 25, 2022
Cornerstone Building Brands, Inc. (“Cornerstone Building Brands” or the “Company”), the largest manufacturer of exterior building products in North America, today announced that Clayton, Dubilier & Rice (“CD&R”) has successfully completed...
Vindi Banga.

Events

July 18, 2022
Vindi Banga, CD&R Operating Partner, addressed the Lord Mayor’s Finance for Impact Summit to discuss the importance of investing for impact and private capital’s role in supporting best practice. Mr. Banga addressed leaders of finance, business...
Bjorn

Events

July 1, 2022
At the Annual Forum of the German business school ESMT Berlin, CD&R Partner Björn Killmer discussed the integral role of private capital in supporting the transformation of companies towards a more sustainable future. The Berlin conference was...
Vindi Banga

Events

June 30, 2022
Vindi Banga, CD&R Operating Partner, addressed the London Business School Private Capital Symposium on the role of private capital in driving ESG impact through operational improvements to businesses. Speaking on the ESG and Impact Investing...
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Press Release

June 21, 2022
Clayton, Dubilier & Rice announced that David Taylor, the former Chairman and CEO of Procter & Gamble (P&G), has been engaged as a Senior Operating Advisor to CD&R-managed funds. Mr. Taylor spent more than 40 years at P&G,...
CDR Foundation Grantee Logos.

Press Release

June 14, 2022
Clayton Dubilier & Rice (“CD&R” or the “Firm”) today announced that the CD&R Foundation (the “Foundation”), which launched last year to meaningfully expand the Firm’s philanthropic, service, and educational efforts, has made inaugural...
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Press Release

June 13, 2022
Clayton, Dubilier & Rice announced that Bill Berutti, the former CEO of Plex Systems, a leading software provider to the manufacturing sector, has been engaged as an Operating Advisor to CD&R-managed funds. Mr. Berutti will work with CD&...
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Press Release

June 1, 2022
Roper Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: ROP) today announced that it has agreed to sell a majority stake in its industrial businesses, including its entire Process Technologies segment and the industrial businesses within its Measurement & Analytical...
John Koch Headshot.

Press Release

June 1, 2022
Clayton, Dubilier & Rice announced that John Koch, the former President and CEO of PODS Enterprises, LLC, a leading residential and commercial moving and storage services company, has been engaged as an Operating Advisor to CD&R-managed...
Covetrus: Vet with Dog.

Press Release

May 25, 2022
Covetrus® (NASDAQ: CVET) (“Covetrus” or the “Company”), a global leader in animal-health technology and services, today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement pursuant to which funds affiliated with Clayton, Dubilier & Rice (“...

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 (...

Media Coverage

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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Media Coverage

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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Media Coverage

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.

Media Coverage

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...
Cover of "Masters of the Universe" Daniel J. Kadlec

Perspectives

January 1, 2000
Time magazine's Wall Street columnist Daniel J. Kadlec profiles nine top deal makers. The chapter on Joe Rice, LBOs with a Twist, focuses on his signature transaction, carving Lexmark International office products business out of IBM. This book can...
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