‘Pathways to Private Equity Partnerships’ by Patrick Ropella is now available

MILTON, FL – NOVEMBER 12, 2024 – How can an executive-led acquisition hunting model ensure more successful private equity (PE) acquisitions? What opportunities are available to C-suite leaders who would be interested in leaving the corporate world and partnering with a PE firm?

Patrick Ropella, Chairman of Ropella360 and a strategic advisor to many PE firms, middle market, and Fortune 500 clients globally, provides the answers to these and other questions in his new book, Pathways to Private Equity Partnerships.

“Whether you’re a founder/owner looking to sell your business, an executive looking to partner with a PE firm as part of a career transition, or a PE firm that wants to learn best practices to recruit great leaders, it’s important to understand the paths that can help ensure your success,” said Ropella. “We’ve identified best practices based on more than 35 years of success working with PE firms all over the globe and through interviews with thousands of PE leaders and executives who have personally partnered directly with PE firms.”

Acclaimed by leaders in both the investment and corporate worlds, Pathways to Private Equity Partnerships provides a “behind-the-closed-doors” look at the world of PE.

Verne Harnish, founder, author and CEO of Scaling Up, commented, “You can learn the fastest pathway to success through the lens of Patrick’s extensive career as a super-connector advising senior leaders, companies, and PE firms.”

The book offers an insider’s perspective of the acquisition hunting process and company search through the lens of Ropella’s extensive career as a world-leading headhunter and strategic advisor to C-suite leaders, board members, and investors for nearly 40 years. Key concepts include:

• guidance on selling a business to a PE firm;
• advice for corporate executives looking to make the jump to the world of PE; and,
• counsel for PE firms on using an executive-first model and Ropella360s Deal Flow Accelerators company search model, to drive successful equity investments.

Richard C. Wilson, CEO of the Family Office Club and bestselling author of The Single Family Office Book and Raising Capital, noted, “Patrick comes to the private equity space with a unique background in the one area that determines success of a company most – talent. While most private equity executives and experts come from large banks, investment banking firms, or PE shops, Patrick’s expertise is most deep in securing critical team members, executives, and leaders to navigate both market challenges and opportunities.”

Pathways to Private Equity Partnerships explains the “must haves” of selling a business to a PE firm:

• PE fund rankings and the key metrics for evaluating PE funds;
• the number of different ways to sell a company; and,
• the difference maker for ensuring a great buy or sell experience: Having competent and experienced advisors.

“The practical and straightforward advice offered in this book makes it essential for anyone thinking about selling their business or growing wealth through private equity,” said Dr. Marshall Goldsmith, the Thinkers50 #1 Executive Coach and New York Times bestselling author of The Earned Life, Triggers, and What Got You Here Won’t Get You There.

Pathways to Private Equity Partnerships also provides insights into making the transition from corporate culture to a PE firm.

Jonah Berger, author of the New York Times bestseller Contagious: Why Things Catch On, noted that the book is “a useful read for anyone interested in learning more about the space.”

As a guide for PE firms, Pathways to Private Equity Partnerships explains how using referral networking to select the right A-players and Transformational Level 5 leaders is the fastest path to success.

“I can say with confidence that the lessons in this book are relevant and right on point and create a roadmap for readers to follow to achieve success and outsized returns in private equity partnerships,” said Theodore (Ted) Clark, author of “Buy and Build CEO: Leveraging Private Equity to Build a Winning Global Business.”

Pathways to Private Equity Partnerships, which is available at https://ropella360.com/bookstore/ and on Amazon, is the second book authored by Ropella, who also wrote The Right Hire. His C-suite and investor insights have also been featured in hundreds of publications worldwide, in multiple languages.

About Ropella 360

Ropella 360 serves as a strategic advisor to PE firms, middle market, and Fortune 500 clients globally. We seamlessly solve our customers’ challenges through our three core service offerings providing Executive Search, Platform Search, and Perspective Search services. We do so through strategically evaluated industry/market/product-specific introductions to A-players, Level 5 transformational C-Suite leaders, and SME advisors. For those requiring the highest levels of value creation, working with Ropella 360 means leveraging the world’s best leaders and uncovering untapped growth opportunities and proprietary M&A deals to drive segment leading ROI. With 35+ years of experience and success, and an unwavering commitment to the chemical, consumer products, and general industrial sectors, Ropella 360 understands the unique challenges our customers face when seeking to build an industry leading platform. Join the ranks of Ropella 360’s Corporate, Private Equity, and Family Office client base to experience our solutions driven approach to search, the SMART Search System. For more information, visit https://ropella360.com/.

About Patrick Ropella

Patrick Ropella is a visionary entrepreneur and executive leader with more than 35 years of unparalleled experience in founding and steering a globally leading executive search firm, a private equity services firm, and an information research firm. As well, Patrick has established Ropella Equity Ventures as his own PE investment firm. Throughout his distinguished career, he has been a driving force in C-Suite leader sourcing, assessment, and development, as well in succession and exit planning, business assessment, and value creation for many mid-market private equity-backed companies. He has successfully contributed to the growth of major global corporate technology organizations such as DOW, General Electric, BASF, Georgia Pacific, SONY, Tyco Electronics, Nike, Clorox, PPG, Revlon, Baxter Labs, Johnson & Johnson, Shell, and many more. He has also helped hundreds of startups and mid-sized companies grow from good to great. For more information, visit Patrick’s LinkedIn profile at https://www.linkedin.com/in/ropellaexecutivesearchfirm.

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