Who Will Buy Your Business - Part 3
Financial and Strategic buyers are generally more sophisticated buyers who are looking for an ROI in excess of 25-35% per annum. Financial buyers include Private Equity Groups (PEGs), large pools of capital collected in a Fund and used to invest in Private companies. While the Wall Street Journal is peppered with stories of super-PEGs paying billions of dollars to take iconic public companies private, we are concerned with the many PEGs that invest in smaller, middle-market companies. PEGs will often purchase a business in a given industry to be used as a platform company, then look to (Read more)