尼爾森CEO將離職 轉(zhuǎn)投私募公司黑石
????戴維?卡爾霍恩本月早些時候宣布稱,他將從尼爾森控股(Nielsen Holdings)CEO的位置上退下來,從他當(dāng)初離開通用電氣(General Electric)加盟這家公司,至今已將近8年。如今,我們了解到了他下一站落腳的地方——黑石集團(the Blackstone Group),它剛好也是2006年收購尼爾森的6家私募股權(quán)公司之一(尼爾森在2011年重返公開交易市場)。 ????卡爾霍恩將領(lǐng)導(dǎo)黑石的私募股權(quán)投資組合管理業(yè)務(wù),基本上是說,他將幫助CEO們應(yīng)對各種營運挑戰(zhàn)。他還將在新交易盡職調(diào)查過程中與黑石合作,幫助確定收購后的業(yè)務(wù)策略。 ????“其他一些大公司的CEO們加盟私募股權(quán)公司時并不真正懂這項業(yè)務(wù),但戴維跟他們不同,他管理過一家私募股權(quán)公司持有的企業(yè),”黑石私募股權(quán)業(yè)務(wù)負責(zé)人喬?巴拉塔解釋說。“他尤其了解我們公司,了解更普遍的私募股權(quán)公司治理問題,了解我們的干預(yù)策略以及圍繞這些交易的風(fēng)險。” ????卡爾霍恩預(yù)計將代表黑石成為幾家投資組合公司的董事,而且仍將擔(dān)任尼爾森公司執(zhí)行董事長的職務(wù)。 ????《財富》雜志(Fortune)獲得了巴拉塔之前一日發(fā)給黑石員工的內(nèi)部備忘錄。我們將其抄錄如下: ????我很高興地宣布,我們投資過的一家非常成功的公司——尼爾森的前CEO戴維?卡爾霍恩已經(jīng)決定加盟黑石,擔(dān)任私募股權(quán)投資組合營運主管。戴維擁有擔(dān)任私募股權(quán)所有和公開市場所有的全球性企業(yè)領(lǐng)導(dǎo)的廣泛職業(yè)經(jīng)歷。他了解我們這個業(yè)務(wù),理解黑石的獨特文化,懂得如何在公司中創(chuàng)造價值。更重要的是,戴維與我們的投資組合營運團隊以及我們與投資組合公司的互動方式方面擁有廣泛的個人經(jīng)驗。實際上,正是由于他與我們團隊大量積極的互動以及他對我們公司的了解促使他在他所獲得的諸多機會中選擇了黑石。 ????為了繼續(xù)給我們的有限合伙人和股東提供優(yōu)異的投資回報,我們必須持續(xù)提高發(fā)現(xiàn)、了解優(yōu)秀投資目標(biāo)的能力,支持優(yōu)秀的管理團隊,通過營運干預(yù)來提高投資組合公司的業(yè)績。戴維讓我們在所有這些努力中變得更為出色。 ????戴維的時間將分配給與現(xiàn)有投資者組合公司的CEO們進行協(xié)作,和與交易團隊協(xié)作找出新的投資組合機會和營運方面的價值創(chuàng)造策略。他還將在公司管理和執(zhí)行委員會任職。 ????我們隨附了一份黑石的新聞稿來宣布這個令人興奮的消息。戴維將從明年1月初正式開始工作,辦公地點在紐約市公園大道345號44樓,請和我一起歡迎他加盟我們偉大的公司! |
????Dave Calhoun announced earlier this month that he would be stepping down this year as CEO of Nielsen Holdings (NLSN), nearly eight years after joining from General Electric (GE). Now we know his next stop: The Blackstone Group, one of six private equity firms that purchased Nielsen in 2006 (it returned to the public markets in 2011). ????Calhoun will lead Blackstone's private equity portfolio management group, which basically means that he will aid CEOs with various operational challenges. He also will work with Blackstone (BX) during due diligence for new deals, helping to identify post-acquisition business strategies. ????"Unlike some other big company CEOs who join private equity firms without really understanding the business, Dave really gets it because he's been running a company owned by private equity firms," explains Joe Baratta, Blackstone's private equity boss. "He understands our firm specifically, but also broader issues of private equity governance, what our intervention strategies are all about and the risks surrounding these deals." ????Calhoun is expected to take a handful of portfolio company board seats for Blackstone, and also will remain as executive chairman at Nielsen. ????Fortune has obtained an internal memo Baratta sent to Blackstone employees yesterday. We have reprinted it below: ????I am pleased to announce that Dave Calhoun, the former CEO of one of our highly successful portfolio companies, Nielsen, has decided to join Blackstone as head of Portfolio Operations in Private Equity. Dave has had an extensive career as the leader of global scale businesses under both private equity and public ownership. He understands our business, Blackstone's unique culture, and how to create value in companies. Importantly, Dave has extensive personal experience with our portfolio operations group structure and how we interact with our portfolio companies. In fact, his substantial and positive interaction with our team and his understanding of our firm is what motivated him to choose Blackstone over the myriad other opportunities he had. ????In order to continue delivering excellent investment returns to our limited partners and shareholders, we must continuously improve our ability to identify and understand great investment targets, back excellent management teams, and intervene operationally to improve the performance of our companies. Dave makes us better in all of these efforts. ????Dave will be splitting his time between working with the CEOs of our existing portfolio companies and working with deal teams to identify new investment opportunities and operational value creation strategies. He also will serve on the firm's Management and Executive Committees. ????I have attached a copy of Blackstone's public press release regarding this exciting news. Dave will officially start working with us in early January, located on the 44th floor of 345 Park Avenue-- please join me in welcoming him to our great firm! |
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