Inside the $6.1 billion merger of Kinetic Concepts/Apax Partners with Catherine Burzik

Inside the $6.1 billion merger of Kinetic Concepts/Apax Partners with Catherine Burzik
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Inside the $6.1 billion merger of Kinetic Concepts/Apax Partners with Catherine Burzik

Jul 18 2013 | 00:25:37

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Episode • July 18, 2013 • 00:25:37

Hosted By

Kayleen Brown Tom Salemi

Show Notes

Former Kinetic Concepts CEO Catherine Burzik takes you inside the $6.1 billion merger of Kinetic Concepts with Apax Partners in 2011, the largest leveraged buyout since the fall of Lehman Brothers.

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