Webinar: The Private Equity Advantage: What 15 Years of Middle Market Data Reveals

What can 15 years of data tell us about the companies at the heart of middle-market M&A and the investors and advisors helping them grow?

In recognition of National Middle Market Week, ACG members were invited to an exclusive conversation with Doug Farren, Executive Director of the National Center for the Middle Market at The Ohio State University Fisher College of Business.

Farren joined ACG CEO Brent Baxter for a fireside chat examining businesses with $10 million to $1 billion in annual revenue and what the Center’s research reveals about their performance, priorities and challenges.
Drawing from the Center’s 15-year retrospective, its Middle Market Indicator and research on private equity ownership, the conversation offered insights for business leaders, private equity firms and M&A advisors working with companies of this size.

The conversation explored:

• 15 years of company performance and how businesses have navigated changing economic cycles
• The priorities and challenges facing companies today, including talent, access to capital, innovation and expansion
• The private equity advantage, including data showing stronger revenue and employment growth among PE-backed businesses
• Implications for the M&A ecosystem and the investors, lenders and advisors supporting these companies

Please note: Registration for this webinar was limited to current ACG members and active GF Data subscribers.

About Doug Farren:
Doug Farren joined The Ohio State University Fisher College of Business after an 11-year career at Limited Brands, where he most recently served as senior manager of supply chain planning. His responsibilities included developing the supply chain network and planning/allocation functionality for inventory to support three distinct international store channels.

Farren started with Limited Brands as a summer intern while completing his MBA in Operations and Logistics Management at Fisher. Farren’s previous experience includes work for Six Sigma Qualtec, a process improvement consulting firm based in Scottsdale, Arizona. His primary functions included marketing strategy, new client relationships, and on-site training and implementation. As part of his responsibilities, he was certified in 1998 as a Six Sigma Black Belt in Transactional Quality.