Sensing a need for outside investors with a firm grasp of distribution businesses, a group of industry veterans, as well as consultants Adam Fein and Brent Grover,  ; has formed the first private equity firm that will invest exclusively in distribution companies. The goal is to use the principals’and investors’experience, expertise and networks in the industry to help management maximize the growth and profitability of portfolio companies, says Jim Miller, a principal in the firm.
MDM: Where did you come up with the concept for Supply Chain Equity Partners?
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Jim Miller: The idea actually came from the distribution industry itself. Supply Chain Equity was created to fill a void in the distribution sector that was expressed by …
