Partnership Philosophy
Parthenon Capital® builds successful partnerships
through a commitment to fostering solid investments through
honest and straightforward business practices. Given our diverse backgrounds, Parthenon's investment team has
a strong track record of successfully working with middle-market
companies through their growth and development stages and partnering with executives to build leading companies through acquisitions and organic growth.
We
have a proven formula to help build companies based on the following
principles:
- Preserve the company's independence and culture
- Provide strategic
guidance, not day-to-day control
- Build companies
for the long-term
- Give management significant ownership
Parthenon Capital believes
that a strong partnership develops when both partners complement
each other - we are both a strategic and
a financial partner.
To a seller of a business, traditional financial buyers and industry buyers both
have drawbacks
as potential partners. A financial buyer often provides limited
strategic and operational support and will apply financial engineering
and a high degree
of leverage to the companies in which they invest in. Companies that partner with an industry buyer will often lose
control and their independent identity, as well as face risks
to the organization from integration
or the uncertainty created by the new parent. Parthenon Capital falls in the sweet spot between industry buyers and financial buyers.
Our investment enables you
to retain your independence - and leaves you opportunity for
more upside.
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