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Phoenix Chemical goes to private equity

Polymer Solutions Group, owned by the New York City-based private equity firm Arsenal Capital, has purchased Phoenix Chemical. Headquartered in Calhoun, Ga., Phoenix makes and distributes specialty ... read more

Chemical maker Avantor completes $2.9B IPO

Chemical maker Avantor ... Around $3 billion will go to companies that invested in the company, including Goldman Sachs and private equity firm New Mountain Capital. An Avantor spokesman said as a ... read more

Avantor’s new stock offering is making its private-equity owners rich; can it do the same for investors?

The IPO will raise $4.4 billion in all -- not to grow Avantor, but to pay off its private investors, executives, and bankers. CEO Michael Stubblefield, a veteran chemical-company boss ... The rest of ... read more

Golden Gate to exit ArrMaz in $570 mln sale

SAN FRANCISCO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Golden Gate Capital, a leading private equity investment firm, today announced that ArrMaz, a global leader in specialty chemicals ... including going-privates, corporate ... read more

Who is Robert Smith, Morehouse commencement speaker who promised to pay off student loans?

Smith is a graduate of Cornell University and Columbia Business School, and was a chemical engineer before going into the investment and private equity sectors. He received an honorary degree from ... read more

Golden Gate Capital to Sell ArrMaz to Arkema Group

Golden Gate Capital, a leading private equity investment firm, today announced that ArrMaz, a global leader in specialty chemicals ... including going-privates, corporate divestitures, and ... read more

Scottsdale mattress startup eyes further expansion, shuns venture capital and private equity

Anthony Noto of the New York Business Journal — a sister publication of the Phoenix Business Journal — caught up ... venture capitalists, and even private equity firms looking to acquire us. However, ... read more

A Commencement Speaker Pledges to Pay Off an Entire Class’s Student Loans

“I know my class will pay this forward,” said Smith, who is the founder, chairman, and chief executive of Vista Equity Partners, a private-equity firm. “Let’s make sure every class has the same ... read more

Robert F. Smith: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know

Heralded as a private equity titan and Wall Street wiz, Smith started his early life out as a computer geek working in STEM before earning a degree in chemical engineering from Cornell University. ... read more

University of Phoenix parent company goes private

[University of Phoenix parent company to go private] “This transaction marks a significant ... tempering concerns over the involvement of Vistria Group, a private-equity firm run by former president ... read more

Morning links: Arizona's Sean Miller will be subpoenaed in FBI investigation; Pac-12 reportedly looking for private equity investors

The FBI announced that four NCAA basketball assistant coaches had been arrested and it appeared as if the college basketball world was going to come crashing down ... conference's new initiative to ... read more

Chemical maker MFG goes to private equity

The private equity firm Platte River Equity has purchased most of Dalton, Ga.-based MFG Chemical. MFG founder and CEO Charles E. Gavin III and MFG management will retain a minority stake in the firm. ... read more