Private Equity Firms

Quote from S2007S:

as Hertz goes back on the market, Eddie Bauer is taken private...


http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061113/ap_on_bi_ge/eddie_bauer_acquisition


Like flipping houses these guys are flipping companies and making a ton of money doing it:

The Hertz investors are set to reap a paper gain of nearly $4 billion on $2.3 billion they invested less than a year ago.

The three firms will also receive a special dividend of up to $642 million from Hertz if the deal prices at the midpoint of the range and the underwriters exercise their option to sell 13 million additional shares.
 
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