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Hugh Myron

Lol'd at asking if CD&R is legit.

Extremely well-known name in the MM. Focus on consumer, industrials, healthcare, and business services. Known for value-add operational capabilities.

spot on. was at a conference where a cd&r partner was the main presenter and he was extremely sharp - entire conference was based on operational improvement and some of their internal case studies were pretty wild.

And so it goes
 

Google "CD&R" and "Ashland Water" for their most recent deal.

Those who can, do. Those who can't, post threads about how to do it on WSO.
 

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