The Anatomy of a Private Equity Investment: from M&A roll-up, to IPO, and beyond with Advanced Disposal Services' Chairman and CEO Richard Burke

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In this episode, Richard Burke discusses the intricacies of private equity investments, including M&A roll-ups and IPOs.

"Service First, Safety Always" The Anatomy of a Private Equity Investment: from M&A roll-up, to IPO, and beyond with Advanced Disposal Services' Chairman and CEO Richard Burke A CEO's Virtual Mentor Episode 23 Welcome to episode 23 and the beginning of Season 4 of A CEO's Virtual Mentor . I'd like to express our special thanks to the clients of Lyceum Leadership Consulting that have enabled us to bring you this podcast, and to you, ladies and gentlemen, our devoted listenership, for your continued encouragement and programming suggestions. And let me mention that we cannot improve without your feedback and suggestions. Please take a moment and subscribe on iTunes or your favorite podcast platform, and rate us with your feedback. There are two main features on our program today. I. We occasionally feature a spot on the program called Famous Last Words . We will intersperse excerpts of a dramatic scene from the 1956 movie, " Patterns …of Power!", through the breaks in our program. Patterns ' brilliant screenplay was written by Rod Serling of Twilight Zone fame. The Patterns script predated Twilight Zone and is considered by many as the finest piece of writing Rod Serling has…

People in this episode

Guest: Richard Burke

Topics covered

• Private Equity
• M&A roll-up
• IPO
• Leadership

Keywords

• Advanced Disposal Services
• CEO
• Season 4
• Famous Last Words

Mentioned in this episode

Products: Advanced Disposal Services

Books & works: The Anatomy of a Private Equity Investment, A CEO's Virtual Mentor, Famous Last Words, Patterns …of Power!, Twilight Zone, Patterns, Service First, Safety Always, Introduction to Program 1:05, Introduction to Famous Last Words

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