Alpine targets boosting add-on EBITDA by 50-100% in the first 18 months
Graham Weaver · Graham Weaver – People-Driven Private Equity at Alpine (EP.391) · Jun 10, 2024 · at 41:23
Graham Weaver, founder of Alpine Investors, outlines Alpine's operational playbook for scaling add-on acquisitions in fragmented service industries.
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“If we have a clear playbook about what we could do with an add-on, we think we can increase the EBITDA of this add-on by 50 to a hundred percent in the first 12 to 18 months because we've done the heavy lifting on all the elements of that playbook for that industry.”
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