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The Private Equity Stakeholder Project released a new report, Profit Over Safety: Private Equity’s Leveraged Bet on Packers Sanitation, detailing how The Blackstone Group’s Packers Sanitation Services Inc (PSSI), which specializes in cleaning food processing plants, has stood out…
As the pandemic continues to change the way Americans view healthcare, the home healthcare and hospice industries continue to proliferate as viable alternatives to traditional nursing homes and hospitals. The growth of these industries has made them attractive targets for…
In a new report, the Private Equity Stakeholder Project examines private equity investment in a few key areas: the troubled teen industry, for-profit foster care, services for youth with intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD), and autism services. See the…
A new report by the Private Equity Stakeholder Project and LittleSis examines a “dirty dozen” of private equity executives whose fossil fuel investments drive climate crisis and environmental injustice. PESP and LittleSis examined how a group of super-rich private equity…
Cerberus Capital Management has raised tens of billions of dollars from institutional investors, such as pension funds, university endowments, and foundations. Institutional investors should assess whether the returns generated by Cerberus’ investments are adequate for the risks they entail.
A new report by PESP reveals how the private equity industry has pumped hundreds of billions of dollars into fossil fuel companies—buying up offshore drilling in the Gulf of Mexico, propping up fracking operations, expanding infrastructure through pipelines and…
In a new report, “Private Equity Firms Reap Payouts After Hospital Chain Received $1.6 Billion in CARES Act Support,” Private Equity Stakeholder Project examines LifePoint Health, a leading rural hospital chain owned by private equity firm Apollo Global Management.
The Private Equity Stakeholder Project has published a report documenting rampant wage theft at fast food companies owned by Atlanta-based private equity firm Roark Capital Partners, such as Dunkin’ Donuts, Jimmy John’s, Sonic Drive-Ins, and others. Roark Capital specializes…
Private Equity Stakeholder Project examines the private equity owners behind many US nursing homes in a new report: “Pulling Back the Veil on Today’s Private Equity Ownership of Nursing Homes.” In the wake of a devastating year for nursing…
Private Equity Stakeholder Project examines the private equity owners behind many US nursing homes in a new report: “Pulling Back the Veil on Today’s Private Equity Ownership of Nursing Homes.” In the wake of a devastating year for nursing…
OpenGate Capital is a Los Angeles-based private equity firm with $1.1 billion in assets. In a span of less than four years, OpenGate Capital ran at least five companies out of business, putting more than 1,300 U.S. workers out of…
The Private Equity Stakeholder Project published a report on Atlanta-based Roark Capital Partners IV, which specializes in buying and running franchise businesses, especially within the food and restaurant industry. The performance of Roark, which closed at $2.5 billion in…
