Lion Capital
6 statements across 2 episodes · 0 bullish · 2 bearish · 2 people on the record · first statement Feb 24, 2025 by Barry Turner · said 5 times in 2 episodes since 2025 · across every show →
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2026 3 mentions in 1 episode
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Feb 24, 2025 neutral
Lion Capital bought 75% of Lenny & Larry's at $250M valuation
“They, so they bought, ended up buying 75% of the business, and we, at the time, now you understand, this is seven years ago, so if you're equating it to the value of today, so at the time, we were valued at two hundred fifty million dollars.”
Feb 24, 2025 negative
Feb 24, 2025 negative
Lion Capital ballooned headcount and destroyed profitability post-acquisition
“Within six months of selling the company to them, we went from 17 employees to 59 employees. The business didn't triple. They only grow the business about six to eight percent a year, if that. They destroyed profitability.”
Feb 24, 2025 neutral
Mar 2, 2026
Healy declined an advisory role and immediately walked away after buyout
“Yeah, I didn't you know, we were, Tim and I were given a small incentive to be advisors for a year, but we both sat in on the first conference call with the Operator that Lion Capital had brought in to oversee the company, a Scotsman, very dynamic, forceful in…”