Promotions in Motion
Stamford , CT based Olympus Partners is pleased to announce two promotions to Vice President. Sid Ahuja and George Swenson each joined Olympus in 2020 as Associates and are now newly named Vice...
View ArticleThe Plane Truth
Massive plane damage was inflicted on Allied planes by anti-aircraft fire during World War II. Concerned military officials recruited the Statistical Board Group at Columbia University to analyze the...
View ArticleOlympus Clears the Table: Sells The Foodware Group to CFS Brands
Olympus Partners has sold The Foodware Group to CFS Brands. The Foodware Group is a leading end-to-end provider of supplies to the food service industry, delivering the highest value solutions with...
View ArticleAmSpec Passes the Test: Olympus Sells AmSpec to TPG Rise Climate
Olympus Partners has signed a definitive agreement to sell a majority interest in AmSpec Parent, LLC (“AmSpec” or the “Company”) to TPG Rise Climate. AmSpec is a leading testing, inspection, and...
View ArticleAdding Insull to Penury
Adding Insull to Penury: Samuel Insull was the early model for what has become the modern private equity industry. A British-born entrepreneur, he served for a few years as secretary to Thomas Edison....
View ArticleRise Baking Company Adds a New Slice to Its Portfolio with Acquisition of Pies
Rise Baking Company (“Rise”), a Minneapolis-based portfolio company of Olympus Partners, has acquired two pie facilities from Wonder Brands Holdings Inc. and FGF Brands (USA) Inc. (“Pies”). Pies is a...
View ArticleMEI Ready and Willing Buys Able
MEI Rigging & Crating, LLC (“MEI”), a portfolio company of Olympus Partners that provides rigging, machinery moving, millwrighting, mechanical installation, industrial storage, crating, and export...
View ArticleThe Man who sold Popcorn
The Man who sold Popcorn: Well over a decade ago, we bought a food concessions company where the management team strongly suggested we retain one of the selling company’s board members, something we...
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Olympus Included in “The “Top Decile” Worldwide Ranking: Top 20 out of over...
No compensation was paid to the 2023 HEC Paris-Dow Jones Large Buyout Performance Ranking in exchange for the designation. Such ranking is not intended to be an “endorsement” with respect to any...
View ArticleTo IRR is Human, to Forgo Divine
To IRR is human, to forgo divine. Simple measurements have a great allure as they are seemingly clear, easy to rank and require little explanation. IRR, or internal rate of return, has been the...
View ArticleLike Russian Nesting Dolls
Like Russian Nesting Dolls, financial marketers are full of themselves. Financial investing once offered a simple menu of stocks and bonds. In the last few decades, those two broad categories have...
View ArticleRise Thinks Big and Goes Small, Acquires Table Talk
Leading bakery manufacturer Rise Baking Company (Rise) announced today that it has acquired Worcester, MA-based Table Talk Pies, Inc. (Table Talk).Making freshly baked pies in Worcester, MA, since...
View ArticleOlympus Partners Announces Promotions
Olympus Partners is pleased to announce two promotions to Vice President. Rabela Bodini and Heather Deng each joined Olympus in 2021 as Associates and are now newly named Vice Presidents. Rabela is a...
View ArticleOlympus Sells Soliant to Move to the Head of the Class
Olympus Partners is pleased to announce it has sold Soliant. Based in Atlanta, Soliant’s core mission is to “make life better for people who make lives better” by filling workplace gaps and placing...
View ArticleWhat Happens in Degas Stays in Degas
What happens in Degas stays in Degas aptly describes Edgar Degas mastery and monopoly of the painting of nineteenth century ballet dancers, of which he produced over 1500 paintings. Private equity,...
View ArticleOlympus Rises to the Top and Sells Rise Baking Company
Olympus Partners is pleased to announce that it has entered into an agreement to sell Minneapolis-based Rise Baking Company (“Rise”). Rise is the leading North American bakery manufacturer producing a...
View ArticleMore Ions In The Fire
More ions in the fire appears to be the inevitable direction for seeking reliable clean energy. Over one hundred years ago Marie Curie began to study uranic rays emanating from uranium to help fill...
View ArticleOlympus Partners Promotes Manu Bettegowda to Chief Operating Officer
Olympus Partners is pleased to announce the promotion of Manu Bettegowda to Chief Operating Officer. This promotion will be effective Jan. 2, 2025, when Olympus begins to invest its newest fund,...
View ArticleOlympus Powers up Fund VIII with Accelevation Acquisition
Olympus Partners is pleased to announce the acquisition of Accelevation, a leading provider of infrastructure products and services to the data center market. Accelevation’s vertically integrated...
View ArticleOlympus Partners Again Recognized as an HEC-DowJones 2024 Top 20 Large Buyout...
Olympus Partners was recognized for the second consecutive year as a Top 20 performer globally by the 2024 HEC Paris-DowJones Large Buyout Performance Ranking Report. The report names the world’s top...
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