Our Business
Private Equity
As the pioneer of a unique, operations-focused approach to private equity, Platinum seeks opportunities to help businesses achieve their full potential. We specialize in complex carve-outs, public-to-private transactions and acquisitions from private sellers. We then work with our companies to build market leaders and drive enterprise value through operational best practices, investments in growth and other transformational initiatives.
Diverse Industries & Transaction Types
As an industry agnostic firm investing for more than 28 years, we have extensive experience across a wide range of sectors and transaction types.
We handle a variety of complex transaction types including:
- Corporate divestitures
- Private
- Public-to-private
- Special situations
M&A&O®
Our trademarked M&A&O® approach is a unique combination of people and process that integrates operations at the root level of everything we do. It is disciplined and process-oriented, and has been market- and cycle- tested for more than 28 years.
M&A&O® is a proprietary approach that helps us create value at every stage of an
investment, from beginning to end.
PRE-Transaction
transaction executed
Post-transaction
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Transaction Sourcing
ORIGINATIONThe business development team sources and screens opportunities.
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M&A&O Analysis
The M&A&O team is involved from the beginning, starting as early as the management presentation.
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M&A&O Execution
The M&A&O team develops a value creation plan while a dedicated capital markets team works in tandem to build the optimal capital structure.
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Transition & Integration
Portfolio Operations executes the plan created during diligence. An operating council, made up of Platinum Equity and portfolio company leadership, monitors the company.
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Operations Management
The portfolio Operations team works closely with management, applying an approach that typically requires an extended on-site presence.
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Exit
EXITOnce a company completes its transition, Platinum Equity's dedicated sell-side team works with the operating council to find the right monetization opportunities.
Continuous Add-Ons & Realizations
Teams collaborate and seek to execute value, creating add-ons and/or monetizations through ownership.
Level of Involvement
Business Development
M&A
M&A Operations
Capital Markets
Portfolio Operations
Sell-Side M&A
M&A&O® is a proprietary approach that helps us create value at every stage of an
investment, from beginning to end.
PRE-Transaction
Transaction Sourcing
The business development team sources and screens opportunities.
M&A&O Analysis
The M&A&O team is involved from the beginning, starting as early as the management presentation.
transaction executed
M&A&O Execution
The M&A&O team develops a value creation plan while a dedicated capital markets team works in tandem to build the optimal capital structure.
Transition & Integration
Portfolio Operations executes the plan created during diligence. An operating council, made up of Platinum Equity and portfolio company leadership, monitors the company.
Post-transaction
Operations Management
The portfolio Operations team works closely with management, applying an approach that typically requires an extended on-site presence.
Exit
Once a company completes its transition, Platinum Equity's dedicated sell-side team works with the operating council to find the right monetization opportunities.
Real Operators
The "O" is in our DNA. We have a large in-house team with real-world industry experience. M&A Operations professionals dig in to create value at the earliest stages of diligence, while Portfolio Operations specialists manage transitions and drive ongoing transformation programs. They know how to effect change from the ground up, with hands-on expertise across a broad range of functional areas.
Investment Capabilities and Access to Capital
We have the team, the experience and the capital resources to pursue complex transactions of nearly any size anywhere in the world.
2021
$57B
Aggregate Transaction Value
Past 5 Years
$100B
Aggregate Transaction Value
Credit
Platinum’s dedicated credit team is actively deploying capital by applying Platinum’s M&A&O® investment strategy to the credit market. The team seeks opportunities to provide debt capital across all industries for a variety of uses, including acquisitions, refinancings and recapitalizations. Target companies generally have $15 to $75 million of EBITDA and are primarily based in North America.
Platinum at Work
Latest News
Latest News
Platinum Equity to Acquire Majority Interest in the Cook & Boardman Group from Littlejohn
LOS ANGELES (September 29, 2023) – Platinum Equity announc...
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As headwinds sidelined strategic buyers, Platinum stepped up to deliver speed and certainty for Calderys carveout and HarbisonWalker add-on
By offering a creative financing solution for the combined c...
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Platinum Equity’s Credit Team Provides Term Loan to RELAM to Support Company’s Growth
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 15, 2023 — Platinum Equity announced tod...
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Platinum Equity Completes Acquisition of Horticultural Container Manufacturer HC Companies
LOS ANGELES, August 3, 2023 — Platinum Equity announced to...
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Platinum Equity to Acquire Horticultural Container Manufacturer HC Companies
LOS ANGELES, July 17, 2023 — Platinum Equity announced tod...
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