Operator says retaining culture/people is 'the opposite of the PE playbook'

Discussing his exit, the seller stresses keeping the team and culture, which the host characterizes as the opposite of the typical private-equity playbook, expressing skepticism that PE preserves culture.

“That's the opposite of the PE playbook is you wanna keep everybody, you wanna keep everybody happy, You want to keep the culture there and we find a lot of times it just doesn't happen with PE”

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