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Private equity firm Platinum Equity owns Aventiv Technologies, the parent company of prison and jail phone and communications company Securus, as well as JPay and AllPaid, which provide money transfer services for incarcerated people and their families. Worth Rises’…
Resilience Force has been working for the last two years with workers employed by SERVPRO franchisees and their subcontractors, and other disaster recovery companies. SERVPRO is a Blackstone-owned disaster restoration company with a track record of high-risk practices that…
Private equity firm KKR recently acquired a majority stake in Refresco, the world’s largest independent bottling company. Refresco produces beverages such as BodyArmor Sports Drink for Coca-Cola, Gatorade for Pepsi, Arizona Iced Tea, and Tropicana juices. KKR touts its…
The private equity industry has pumped hundreds of billions of dollars into fossil fuel companies with minimal public scrutiny. The Carlyle Group has one of the largest portfolios of dirty energy companies among the diversified private equity firms, as…
Large private equity firms have continued to leave a major economic footprint in the healthcare industry. Since 2009, private equity investment in healthcare has outpaced the rate of private equity investments in general. According to data provider Pitchbook, investment in…
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…
The State of Massachusetts is suing private-equity-owned Aspen Dental Management for deceptive practices, alleging that the company has “has cheated thousands of Massachusetts consumers through a series of bait and switch dental advertising campaigns in a variety of media,…
In light of the growing investor interest in health care and the risks associated with private equity ownership of health care companies, the Private Equity Stakeholder Project will be tracking private equity-backed health care acquisitions. Below is a list…
The Atlanta Journal Constitution (AJC) published an expose of private equity-owned Sterigenics: “Over the last three years, hundreds of cancer patients in Georgia and Illinois have sued the company, claiming that ethylene oxide emissions from its plants caused their…
Focusing on three urban Florida counties, Elizabeth Strom of the University of South Florida and Denise Ghartey of the Community Justice Project wrote in January in Shelterforce that they had identified 95 landlords that received some form of…
A special report in The American Prospect examined the tumultuous history of a string of private equity investors in coal-fired power plant Longview Power. The article says, “The coal plant’s roller-coaster history is a testament to the enduring appeal of…
After recent critical media coverage of private equity firms’ behavior in the housing market as revealed by the Pandora Papers, Sen. Elizabeth Warren sent letters to Progress Residential, Invitation Homes and American Homes 4 Rent, companies and…
