Chuck Davis
7 statements across 1 episodes · 1 bullish · 1 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Aug 9, 2021 by Chuck Davis · said 1 times in 1 episodes since 2025 · across every show →
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Aug 9, 2021
Stone Point rejects passive agreement and demands employees challenge senior leadership
“We're big at Stone Point on everyone speaking their mind, and we do not want people to be what I would call head bobbers. You look and see what the senior people want, where they're leaning, and you bob your head that way. We want people that make an independe…”
Aug 9, 2021
Elite operators are domain specialists, not generalist corporate managers
“Many of these folks have lived in their world their whole life, and they just know it inside and out. If you ask them to run another business, they're not Six Sigma GE trained people who can go from light bulbs to jet engines. They don't want to. They're in th…”
Aug 9, 2021 positive
Aug 9, 2021 negative
PE firms compete with strategics using higher leverage and creative EBITDA adjustments
“Right now, private equity firms are very competitive with strategics, so businesses that are leverageable, people will put a lot more leverage often on businesses than we will.
People often will adjust EBITDA in ways that are quite creative.”
Aug 9, 2021
Aug 9, 2021
Successful investments naturally create their own exits regardless of upfront plans
“This is not meant to be a glib comment, but if this business succeeds,
There'll be lots of exit alternatives.
If this business does not succeed, all the things we tell you today about how wonderful the exit options will be are not going to be there.”
Aug 9, 2021