Whois & Analysis for platinumequity.com

Platinum Equity, LLC is an American private equity investment firm founded by Tom Gores in 1995.

The firm focuses on leveraged buyout investments of established companies in the U.S. and Europe.

Tom Gores (Born: Tewfiq Georgious Arabic: توفيق جورجيوس) (born July 31, 1964) is an American businessman and investor.

He is a billionaire with an estimated current net worth of $3.9 billion according to the 2015 Forbes list of World's Billionaires.

He is the founder of Platinum Equity, a private equity firm with headquarters in Beverly Hills.

On June 1, 2011, Tom Gores and Platinum Equity became the owners of the National Basketball Association’s (NBA) Detroit Pistons.

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As an aspect of strategic management, M&A can allow enterprises to grow, shrink, and change the nature of their business or competitive position.

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Company members share a common purpose and unite in order to focus their various talents and organize their collectively available skills or resources to achieve specific, declared goals.

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It can also be referred to as an international corporation, a transnational corporation, or a stateless corporation.

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