Timothy Bovard

Search Funds: An Alternative Route to Becoming an Equity-Owning Manager

By  Anne-Marie Carrick,  Timothy Bovard
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This note is divided into two sections. In the first part, Simon Webster, widely regarded as the pioneer of search funds in the UK, recounts his experience of creating his first search fund, buying a company in 1995, and selling it for £30 million in 2005, making a great return on investment for himself and his investors.

    Published 25 May 2011

    Reference 5789

    Topic Entrepreneurship

    Industry Investment Management

    Region Global

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    Search Funds: An Alternative Route to Becoming an Equity-Owning Manager

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    This note is divided into two sections. In the first part, Simon Webster, widely regarded as the pioneer of search funds in the UK, recounts his experience of creating his first search fund, buying a company in 1995, and selling it for £30 million in 2005, making a great return on investment for himself and his investors.
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      La Corpo (A): The First Year

      By  Patrick Turner,  Timothy Bovard,  Anne-Marie Carrick,  Monica Perez Cuevas
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      This set of two cases describes how two MBA alumni acquired a long-established business in France, and, despite all their efforts to modernise it, grow it and apply best practices as learned in business school (Case A), finally turned it into a loss-making and cash-bleeding company (Case B).

        Published 18 Sep 2008

        Reference 5527

        Topic Entrepreneurship

        Region Global

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        La Corpo (A): The First Year

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        This set of two cases describes how two MBA alumni acquired a long-established business in France, and, despite all their efforts to modernise it, grow it and apply best practices as learned in business school (Case A), finally turned it into a loss-making and cash-bleeding company (Case B).
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          La Corpo (B): The Second Year

          By  Patrick Turner,  Timothy Bovard,  Anne-Marie Carrick,  Monica Perez Cuevas
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          This set of two cases describes how two MBA alumni acquired a long-established business in France, and, despite all their efforts to modernise it, grow it and apply best practices as learned in business school (Case A), finally turned it into a loss-making and cash-bleeding company (Case B).

            Published 18 Jul 2008

            Reference 5527

            Topic Entrepreneurship

            Region Global

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            La Corpo (B): The Second Year

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            This set of two cases describes how two MBA alumni acquired a long-established business in France, and, despite all their efforts to modernise it, grow it and apply best practices as learned in business school (Case A), finally turned it into a loss-making and cash-bleeding company (Case B).
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