Leveraging Private Capital to Build a Winning Global Business – Enterprise Podcast Network

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Ted Clark, a businessman, entrepreneur and investor with more than 40 years of experience as a senior executive in both public and private specialty chemical companies, joins Enterprise Radio. His new book is “Buy and Build CEO: Leveraging Private Equity to Build a Winning Global Business.”

This episode of Enterprise Radio is associated with the Author Channel.

Listen host Eric Dye and guest Ted Clark discuss the following:

  1. Why private equity? Is there no other way to finance a new business?
  2. Beyond providing capital and structuring the balance sheet, what else do private equity partners bring to the business?
  3. Why buy and build is a good strategy to develop a global business?
  4. Is working for private capital more risky than working for a public company? What are the differences?
  5. What do you mean when you talk about a “purist manager” and why is it important to buy and develop growth strategies?
  6. You built Royal through three private equity recapitalizations. How rare is that?

Theodore (Ted) Clark, businessman, entrepreneur and investor with more than 40 years of experience as a senior executive in both public and private specialty chemical companies. He started as a shipping clerk and rose to become President and CEO of Products Research & Chemical Corporation (PRC), a world leader in aircraft and construction coatings and sealants. His new book, Buy and Build CEO: Leveraging Private Equity to Build a Winning Global Business (Dudley Court Press, September 13, 2022), chronicles Clark’s 14-year adventure in the world of high-stakes business and high rewards.

Website: https://tedclarkauthor.com

social media links:
Twitter: @TedClarkAuthor
Linkedin: https://linkedin.com/in/theodore-clark

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