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Two Tweets & A Blog

Deming Institute

million in a Leveraged Buy Out (LBO) to buy an Oklahoma based Coca-Cola bottling company. When they sold the company in 2011, they had recouped over $400 million in after-tax dollars! On April Fools Day 1980, Bob Browne and his partners invested $7.5 Ask Bob if this was his crowning achievement, and he will quickly say, “No”.

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Private Equity Can Make Firms More Innovative

Harvard Business Review

At the same time, there are certain ways LBOs can actually make it easier for firms to invest in the long term. Because of their relationships with banks, PE funds can get financing much cheaper than target companies could under their current management. that didn’t undergo buyouts.

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