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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

December 14, 2018
Clayton, Dubilier & Rice announced that Gregory Laï has been named a Partner of the Firm. Since joining the Firm in 2007, Mr. Laï has been actively involved in sourcing and evaluating investments across Europe, as well as working with portfolio...
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Press Release

November 16, 2018
NCI Building Systems, Inc. (NYSE: NCS), a leading manufacturer of exterior building products for commercial construction (“NCI” or the “Company”), announced today that it has completed its merger with Ply Gem Parent, LLC, a leading manufacturer of...

Press Release

December 15, 2009
Industries with private equity activity grow more rapidly (as measured by total production, value added and employment) and experience no more volatility in the face of industry cycles than other industries. In some cases, industries with private...
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Press Release

November 24, 2009
JohnsonDiversey, Inc. and Clayton Dubilier & Rice, LLC ("CD&R") today announced the completion of a previously announced agreement under which CD&R-managed funds are investing $477 million for an approximate 46 percent equity interest in...
NCI Building Systems

Press Release

October 20, 2009
NCI Building Systems, Inc. (NYSE: NCS) and Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, Inc. today announced the completion of the previously-announced $250 million equity investment in the Company by CD&R-managed funds. The CD&R-managed funds acquired...
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Press Release

October 7, 2009
JohnsonDiversey, Inc. and Clayton Dubilier & Rice, Inc. ("CD&R") today announced an agreement under which a CD&R-managed fund will invest $477 million for a 46 percent equity interest in the company as part of a broader recapitalization...
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Press Release

August 14, 2009
/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - NCI Building Systems, Inc. (NYSE: NCS) today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement with Clayton, Dubilier & Rice Fund VIII, L.P. (“the CD&R Fund”), a fund managed by Clayton, Dubilier & Rice,...

Press Release

July 14, 2009
Clayton, Dubilier & Rice today announced that seasoned consumer products, leisure and retail executive, Paul S. Pressler, has joined the Firm as an advisor. Mr. Pressler has extensive operating and consumer marketing experience in leading some...

Perspectives

January 16, 2009
In financing our portfolio companies, we want to ensure that management always has the balance sheet flexibility to execute long-term business building strategies even in challenging times.
The Masters of Private Equity and Venture Capital

Perspectives

January 1, 2009
In The Masters of Private Equity and Venture Capital, Robert Finkel aggregates management lessons from ten pioneers of private equity. The book is filled with colorful stories on the subjects that most matter to high-level investors, such as...

Media Coverage

Christian Rochat, Robert Quarta PQR, December 2008
December 1, 2008
A talk with Clayton, Dubilier & Rice’s Roberto Quarta & Christian Rochat
Private Equity International Awards 2007

Media Coverage

CD&R Receives 2007 North American LBO Firm of the Year Award Private Equity International
December 31, 2007
2007 has been an exceptionally productive year for CD&R in terms of realizations, new investments, creating value in the portfolio and building the organization. The Firm has announced realizations generating over $3 billion and deployed (or...
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