An overnight triumph that took 15 years to develop.
We didn’t set out to become investors.
- We started our business in 2007, and before we knew it, we had hundreds of employees across a bunch of companies. Along the way, a variety of private equity and venture investors approached us, but it was always a miserable experience.
- We wondered why other buyers carried out negotiations for months and renegotiated them repeatedly. It was dreadful.
- Then we hear about Warren Buffett’s ability to close billion-dollar deals swiftly by making the process as pleasant as possible and promising founders to take good care of their firms.
- Nobody had done it before for technological companies like ours, so we said “screw it” and chose to do it ourselves using Buffett’s straightforward method.
- We wondered why other buyers carried out negotiations for months and renegotiated them repeatedly. It was dreadful.
- Then we hear about Warren Buffett’s ability to close billion-dollar deals swiftly by making the process as pleasant as possible and promising founders to take good care of their firms.
- Nobody had done it before for technological companies like ours, so we said “screw it” and chose to do it ourselves using Buffett’s straightforward method.
- In 2014, we stopped starting companies and started buying them using a simple one-month process, then leaving the companies alone to do their thing.
- It turned out we were right, founders loved it.
- We haven’t looked back since…
Companies founded
10
Majority Owned Companies
20
Minority Investments
50+
Global Employees
15+
Head Office Team
10
Global Assets turned out to be the buyer we desired we could have sold to.
- We considered everything we disliked about interacting with private equity firms and worked backwards. things turns out that they really do make things too complicated, and there are a lot of founders out there like us who are looking for a long-term home for their firms.
Here's how we do it:
Speak plainly
- Don't waste people's time. We speak plainly: no BS, buzzwords, or stupid finance terms.
Protect culture
- Don't mess with the culture that makes each company unique.
Avoid synergy
- We leave all our businesses to operate independently and avoid synergy at all costs.
Make founders proud
- Founders entrust us with their companies. We do our best to follow through on their vision.
Leave people alone
- We buy great companies, hire great leaders, and leave them to do their thing.
No assholes
- Life is too short for brilliant jerks, assholes, suck ups, psychopaths, narcissists, and all that stuff...
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