• Berkshire Partners is an American private equity firm based in Boston. It has invested in over 100 middle market companies since 1986 through nine investment...
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    Outlet. In 2009, Berkshire Partners became an investor in Grocery Outlet. In 2014, private equity fund Hellman & Friedman LLC agreed to partner with senior...
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  • division of National Vision, a privately held portfolio company owned by Berkshire Partners. In 2014, National Vision, Inc, was sold to KKR. America's Best Contacts...
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    Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (/ˈbɜːrkʃər/) is an American multinational conglomerate holding company headquartered in Omaha, Nebraska. Founded in 1839 as a...
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    Carol Vallone – Board Chair at McLean Hospital, Advisory Director at Berkshire Partners Current members of Mass General Brigham include: Brigham and Women's...
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    Daniel Bellemare stepped down as the Boston-based investment group Berkshire Partners invested in the company. In 2012, Farm Boy expanded to Kingston, Ontario...
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    ThirdForce Group in September 2012. Skillsoft was sold by Berkshire Partners to Charterhouse Capital Partners for $2.0 billion on April 28, 2014. Later that year...
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    Footwear affiliate. In 2015, New Balance's parent, together with Berkshire Partners, bought the Rockport shoe company from the Adidas Group and combined...
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    Electro-Motive Division. In 2005, GM sold EMD to Greenbriar Equity Group and Berkshire Partners, and in 2010, EMD was sold to Progress Rail, a subsidiary of the American...
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    profit grew from $19 million to $22 million, in approximate figures. Berkshire Partners and Boston-based mall developers Steve Karp and Steve Wiener bought...
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  • Arlington Capital Partners Auldbrass Partners Avenue Capital Group Avista Capital Partners Bain Capital BDT & MSD Partners Berkshire Partners Blackstone Group...
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    Later Reebok was sold to German company Adidas. On August 3, 2015, Berkshire Partners and New Balance Holding, Inc. completed the acquisition of The Rockport...
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    in 2010 with Honey-Jam Café. In 2014, Portillo sold Portillo's to Berkshire Partners. The new owners are planning to open five to seven restaurants each...
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  • and SoftRight. In 2017, Accela was acquired by Berkshire Partners. In September 2018, Accela partnered with Microsoft Azure to power its cloud-based services...
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    Masergy was acquired by Berkshire Partners in 2016 for an undisclosed amount and had been previously acquired by ABRY Partners LLC, a private equity investment...
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    pretend play, plush toys, and more. In 2010, private equity firm Berkshire Partners became an owner of Melissa & Doug. The company was fined $1,386 on...
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    she sold a minority stake in her company to the private equity firm Berkshire Partners at a valuation of $1 billion. Valued at over $1 billion, her brand...
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    company went public on October 3, 2016. In 2019, major shareholder Berkshire Partners, an American private equity company, exited its stake. In June 2021...
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  • Caterpillar announced Progress Rail would buy Electro-Motive Diesel from Berkshire Partners LLC and Greenbriar Equity Group LLC for US$820 million. The purchase...
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  • entire company "White Mountain Freezer, Inc." It was later bought by Berkshire Partners and then sold to Jarden Corporation in 2005. In 2016 the Jarden corporation...
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    After the inauguration of President Barack Obama, Gottesman joined Berkshire Partners, a Boston-based private equity firm, as a Senior Associate. Since...
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    Charlie Munger (category Berkshire Hathaway employees)
    vice chairman of Berkshire Hathaway, the conglomerate controlled by Warren Buffett. Buffett described Munger as his closest partner and right-hand man...
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    Reading (/ˈrɛdɪŋ/ RED-ing) is a town and borough in Berkshire, England. Most of its built-up area lies within the Borough of Reading, although some outer...
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  • Pritzker Group and Admiralty Partners, Inc.. In 2007, it was further acquired by a new investment group led by Berkshire Partners and The Greenbriar Group...
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  • in 1908 by John B. Brunner. Vi-Jon was acquired by investment firm Berkshire Partners in 2006. In 2006 Procter & Gamble filed a lawsuit against Vi-Jon alleging...
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    sociologist William A. Lowell, partner of the Choate, Hall & Stewart law firm Richard K. Lubin, managing director of Berkshire Partners Oscar F. Malcolm, president...
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    Roza, former CEO of Datalogix, in partnership with investment firm Berkshire Partners. Roza assumed the role of CEO after the conclusion of the sale in...
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    2008. Berkshire Partners bought a 50% stake in the company in 2000. Freeman Spogli & Co. became the majority owner in 2006. Leonard Green & Partners and...
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    Electro-Motive Diesel locomotive division to private equity firms Berkshire Partners and Greenbriar Equity Group. GM paid $2 billion to sever its ties...
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  • with Wisconsin Central and Berkshire Partners. Fay Richwhite went on to invest alongside Wisconsin Central, Berkshire Partners and Goldman Sachs in the...
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