Strategy

We were founded on a simple premise: good investments result from sound decision-making; and, good businesses are built with a commitment to operational excellence. Since our founding in 1978, we have never wavered from these principles.

We work collaboratively with corporate and family business sellers on transactions to maximize value. Many corporations, CEOs and entrepreneurs select CD&R as their partner because of our strong reputation for trustworthiness and operational leadership.

We practice investing as a craft, relying on a dedicated and cohesive team with a shared sense of purpose and values. Our investment approach blends skilled investment judgment with extensive experience driving growth and operating excellence.

Our Partners come from globally-recognized businesses that have long been known for the quality of their people – ABB, Allstate, Disney, Emerson Electric, The Gap, GE and Unilever as well as Goldman Sachs, McKinsey & Company and Morgan Stanley, among others.

Our Values
Our goal is to maintain our special position in the private equity industry by never wavering from the unique vision and values upon which the Firm was founded Partnership matters to us. We share core values that have real meaning to each of us at CD&R.
We have a very clear understanding of the Firm’s purpose, where and how we will compete, and what capabilities are required to win. At the same time, we are committed to be the best partners that we can be. Our goal is to maintain our special position in the private equity industry by never wavering from the unique vision and values upon which the Firm was founded.
We achieve that goal if we build better businesses, meet our limited partners’ expectations and remain the preferred partner of management teams around the world.
Our professionals are united by a shared sense of purpose and the deep values that inform the commitments we make to our commercial partners and the communities in which we operate.
All of us feel bound to CD&R because we believe it is a special place.