Leveraging Private Equity to Build a Winning Global Business

Ted Clark, a businessman, entrepreneur, and investor with more than 40 years’ experience as a senior executive in both public and private equity owned specialty chemical companies joins Enterprise Radio. His new book is “Buy and Build CEO: Leveraging Private Equity to Build a Winning Global Business”.

This episode of Enterprise Radio is on association with the Author Channel.

Listen to host Eric Dye & guest Ted Clark discuss the following:

  1. Why private equity? Isn’t there another way to finance a new business?
  2. Beyond providing equity and structuring the balance sheet, what else do private equity partners bring to the business?
  3. Why is buy and build a good strategy to develop a global business?
  4. Is working for private equity more risky than working for a public company; what are the differences?
  5. What do you mean when you talk about a “Purist Manager” and why is this important to buy and build growth strategies?
  6. You built Royal through three private equity recapitalizations. How rare is that?

Theodore (Ted) Clark, a businessman, entrepreneur, and investor with over 40 years of experience as a senior executive in both public and private equity-owned specialty chemicals companies. Starting as a shipping clerk, he rose through the ranks to become President & CEO of Products Research & Chemical Corporation (PRC), a global leader in aircraft and construction sealants and coatings. His new book, Buy and Build CEO: Leveraging Private Equity to Build a Winning Global Business (Dudley Court Press, Sept. 13, 2022), chronicles Clark’s 14-year adventure in the world of high-stakes, high-rewards business.

Website: https://tedclarkauthor.com

Social Media Links:
Twitter: @TedClarkAuthor
Linkedin: https://linkedin.com/in/theodore-clark


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