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Planning a successful MBO?

Strategy Driven

Most of the money used to buy out the current owners is provided by banks and financial investors. For this reason, management looking to buy the firm will connect with investors, banks, private equity firms, and possibly mezzanine lenders. Generally, MBOs are only partially financed with private assets by the management.

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Day 3 Davos Snapshot

Harvard Business Review

I'm sitting here in the Partners Lounge on the Mezzanine Level of the Congress Center. And then the head of a huge bank sits down right next to us. (See Michael's earlier notes from Davos here , here , and here. And follow Justin Fox's coverage of the conference.). And then the CEO of a huge biotech on the other side. It's crazy.