52 Capital Partners, LLC Commemorates Firm’s One-Year Anniversary

52 Capital Partners, LLC | May 2, 2019

52 Capital Partners, LLC’s Founder & CEO David P. Willard Marks Firm’s One-Year Anniversary with Selected Highlights

May 2, 2019 – San Mateo, California 

On May 2, 2019, 52 Capital Partners, LLC’s Founder & Chief Executive Officer David P. Willard marked the one-year anniversary of the founding of 52 Capital Partners, LLC with selected highlights covering important firm achievements and developments over the prior twelve months.

Selected Highlights from Year #1

  • Founded on May 2, 2018

  • 12 clients

  • 9 transactions

  • 5 M&A deals

  • $560.8 million in deal value

  • 58.2% operating margins

  • Fully boot-strapped from scratch with Founder’s own capital

  • No debt incurred

  • No line of credit

  • No outside equity investment accepted

  • $152+ billion in career deal value completed by firm’s team members to date

  • Within first 6 months, firm already recognized as a “growing force in international M&A transactions” by Steve Forbes-founded business magazine, Business Today (Oct. 2018)

  • 88x international markets in which 52 Capital Partners’ clients operate & distribute

  • Clients span software, technology, financial services, consumer, food, spirits, high-net worth individuals, former U.S. Cabinet member

  • Clients span the United States (10x) and Canada (2x)

  • Expansion of 52 Capital Partners’ M&A bench—Mark Szczuka: Managing Director; ex-U.S. Navy, including 5x years & 3x deployments across EMEA/AsiaPacific/LatAm; formerly at Ridgehouse Capital; M.B.A. Notre Dame, B.A. Notre Dame

  • 2x Keynote Speeches by Founder & CEO David P. Willard—National Committee on U.S.-China Relations in New York City (Apr. 2019); Business Today’s 44th International Conference at The Grand Hyatt Hotel in New York City (Nov. 2018)

  • 52 Gives™ donates to American Red Cross (supporting families hurt by California's wildfires) and Stand Up To Cancer (supporting new science & research)

  • 1,800+ applications for 5x spots in 52 Capital Partners’ 2019 Global Leadership Program

  • 2019 Global Leadership Program applicants hailed from 18 countries, 32 graduate schools, 24 business schools, 8 law schools, 98 universities, 28 U.S. states

  • 0.3% acceptance rate for 2019 Global Leadership Program

  • 5x Global Leadership Program Analysts—4x Princeton, 1x Berkeley

  • Formation of 52 Capital Partners’ new private equity subsidiary—52 Capital Group, LLC

  • Expansion of private equity team at 52 Capital Group, LLC.

  • 52 Capital Partners recognized by 6x leading international media organizations: Bloomberg News (2x), Forbes, Financial Times, Business Insider, Business Today Magazine (2x), eFinancial Careers (2x)

  • YouTube features Founder & CEO David P. Willard’s full Keynote Address delivered at Experts Discussion with the National Committee on U.S.-China Relations (Apr. 2019).

  • Founder & CEO David P. Willard invited to guest-lecture on international M&A, China and private equity at 7x leading American universities and graduate schools— Princeton University, Harvard Business School, Yale Law School, Haas School of Business at University of California-Berkeley, NYU Law, Leavey School of Business at Santa Clara University, Washington University School of Law

  • 52 Capital Partners’ M&A prowess featured in 2x leading American podcasts, Policy Punchline (Princeton University, Feb. 2019) and the National Committee on U.S.-China Relations (Apr. 2019)

  • Yale Law School appoints Founder & CEO David P. Willard to serve on law school’s Mentor-in-Residence Program, a select group of leading private sector executives and policymakers

  • Roll-out of 52 Capital Partners’ new Quarterly China M&A Review, with release of first issue anticipated in May 2019

  • Launch of 52 Street™, comprised of 52 Capital Partners’ 3x impact initiatives: The 52 Institute™, The 52 Forum™, 52 Gives™

  • Release of 52 Capital Partners’ inaugural Annual Letter of the Founder (Dec. 2018), highlighting firm’s founding & mission, M&A deal highlights, market insights on China, strategic objectives for 2019

  • Blue-chip Advisory Board—former Fortune 100® execs from Goldman Sachs, Google, ExxonMobil, Facebook/Instagram, Bridgewater Associates, and currently at Farmer Bros., Chatham House, Beautiful Destinations, Lazard, U.S. Endodontics Partners

  • The 52 Talks™ features Founder & CEO David P. Willard’s discussions with Seven Seas Music and Lune on entrepreneurship, innovation, women founders

  • The 52 Institute™ releases 2x thought-leadership pieces on China M&A and property rights reforms in China

  • 52 Capital Partners selected as lead author for Lexology’s new annual China M&A Review, with global circulation to 400,000 practitioners, including 240,000 in-house counsel, with first issue anticipated in Fall 2019

  • Roll-out of 52 Capital Partners’ new website—www.52capitalpartners.com—depicting images from 19th-Century hand-crafted antique map showing geographies and commercial trading routes between North America and China during early 1800s

  • 52 Capital Partners’ inaugural annual conference, The 52 Forum™, to convene on May 14th in New York City, with 1x Keynote and 3x interactive Panels discussing sustainability, entrepreneurship, innovation and U.S.-China relations with leading entrepreneurs, founders, investors, executives

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