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Long-Term Investment Horizon
Since we are not a fund, we do not face pressures to sell our companies within a short time period. This allows our companies to take a long-term approach to building their businesses.
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Quasi-Autonomous Operating Model
Our subsidiaries function as entrepreneurial quasi-autonomous enterprises, maintaining their nimble decision making and unique operating principles and cultures.
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Prudent Leverage (Focus on Business Growth vs. Financial Engineering)
We believe excessive leverage endangers the sustainability of even the best businesses and will not risk the health of a business simply to generate a few extra points of return.
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Follow-on Growth Capital Through Economic Cycles
We actively seek to invest in “platform companies,” defined as businesses where we have the opportunity to fund high return projects or accretive add-on acquisitions. As a long term holder, we view down cycles as an opportunity to invest. Sellers that retain equity have the opportunity to benefit from accelerated growth.
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Resources of a Long-Established Public Company
Our subsidiaries have the ability to leverage the banking, insurance, legal, compliance, M&A, and tax support of a NYSE listed company, as well as a large network of CEOs and senior managers in a wide variety of global businesses.