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Art Saxby
Art Saxby is Founder and CEO of Chief Outsiders. Saxby specializes in manufacturing, commodity and branded products. Contact Art at 281.610.1481 or art@chiefoutsiders.com.
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Accelerating M&A Value Creation: How Chief Outsiders Drives Growth for Investors and Acquirers
Sep 28, 2025 2:28:09 PM | Posted by Aurora Toth
In today’s competitive deal environment, value creation can’t wait until after the ink dries. For private equity operating partners, M&A attorneys, and CEOs of acquiring companies, Chief Outsiders offers a proven, C-suite-level resource to identify and close growth gaps across the entire transaction lifecycle—pre-LOI through exit.
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Operating on the Same Side of the Table: Interview with Ricardo Gonzalez of Hellman and Friedman
Apr 19, 2017 3:42:33 PM — One of the challenges that all Operating Partners face is finding the balance between being a representative of the Private Equity “owners” and helping the portfolio company leadership team get stuff done. This can be particularly difficult when the area the company needs help in relates to things like sales leadership or sales management.
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