KKR gets the top award for its exit of CHI Overhead Doors, and for its forward-looking employee ownership view. Our winners for best deals of 2022 are in six categories.

Deals of the Year

We name the winners for the best exits of 2023, in six categories.

Our overall Deal of the Year is Warburg Pincus’ exit of Summit Health (formerly CityMD) at a walloping $8.9 billion. The winner for the International category, BlackRock LTPC’s sale of luxury fragrance Creed, scales a lot of history, as Creed was founded in 1760 and had Queen Victoria as a customer. Other prize winners: Kaiser Permanente in Secondaries; Ares Management for Turnaround; the Mid-Market winner is Vestar Capital Partners; and Vesey Street Capital Partners wins the Small Market sector.

Our criteria for picking winners include performance metrics as well as employee retention and expansion, portfolio company growth and organic growth of companies. We also look at investment rationale, as well as methods of growth

2023 DEALS OF THE YEAR

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PAST YEARS' AWARDS

  • DEAL OF THE YEAR/Middle-Market Deal of the Year: Arbor Investments for Gold Standard Baking, which makes low-cost croissants and Danishes. Read the full story.
  • Large-Market Deal of the Year: Charlesbank Capital Partners for FullBeauty Brands, a specialist in plus-sized clothing. Read the full story.
  • Small-Market Deal of the Year: The Riverside Company for Eemax, a maker of tankless water heaters for commercial, residential and industrial properties. Read the full story.
  • European Deal of the Year: GTCR for Premium Credit Ltd, which provides insurance premium financing to small businesses and individuals. Read the full story.
  • Turnaround Deal of the Year: Sun Capital Partners for Point Blank Enterprises Inc, which makes body armor for law enforcement and military officers around the world. Read the full story.
  • DEAL OF THE YEAR/Large Market Deal of Year: KPS Partners for Waupaca Foundry, a maker of iron castings that are used to fabricate parts for cars and industrial machines. Read the full story.
  • Small-Market Deal of Year: High Road Capital Partners for Handi Quilter, a producer of quilting machine. Read the full story.
  • Middle-Market Deal of Year: Kinderhook Industries for Tectum Holdings, a manufacturer of bed covers and bed liners for pickup trucks. Read the full story.
  • European Deal of Year: The Carlyle Group for Sermeta, a maker of of stainless steel heat exchangers used in domestic and commercial boilers. Read the full story.
  • DEAL OF THE YEAR/International Deal of the Year: The Riverside Company for Capol GmbH, which makes polishing and anti-sticking agents for products such as jellybeans, gummy bears and aspirin. Read the full story.
  • Turnaround Deal of the Year: Sun Capital Partners for Captain D’s Seafood Restaurant, which operates a chain of seafood restaurants. Read the full story.
  • Large-Market Deal of the Year: Oak Hill Capital Partners for Local TV Holdings, operator of television stations. Read the full story.
  • Middle-Market Deal of the Year: ACON Investments for Spencer Spirit Holdings, a mall-based retailer of novelties for young people. Read the full story.
  • Small-Market Deal of the Year: SunTx Capital Partners for Huron Inc, a supplier of machined steel rods for the auto industry. Read the full story.

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