"The most important factor that involves every aspect of our business is relationships."

Principles

The most important factor that involves every aspect of our business is relationships. We seek to partner with those existing owners of a business and management teams who share our commitment to conduct business with the highest degree of integrity.

Each investment we make is independent of the others, with each portfolio company having its own capital structure and board of directors. We encourage our portfolio companies to reinvest for future growth and to make strategic decisions with a long-term perspective.

We are engaged in identifying and purchasing significant ownership stakes of fundamentally strong businesses. As an active partner of management, we provide a long-term approach and creative problem solving skills to support management with its primary mission of building for the future

We monitor portfolio company performance through frequent communication with senior managers who focus on day-to-day operations. A combination of earnings growth, reinvestment in the business and opportunistic strategic acquisitions improve the potential for significant equity value growth. As investors, we rely on the breadth of our private equity investing and business management experiences to select appropriate investment opportunities to pursue.