Leonard Green Gives $2 Billion to Workers of Portfolio Firms
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Jonathan Sokoloff, managing partner of Leonard Green & Partners.
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Leonard Green & Partners has shared more than $2 billion of profits with employees of companies it backs, a move that won praise this week on the sidelines of the Milken Institute Global Conference.
“In 2021 alone, over 7,500 portfolio-company employees participated in profit-sharing or other distributions” in addition to their regular compensation, said John Danhakl, a managing partner at the Los Angeles-based private equity firm. “We believe in the stakeholder model where the employees who contribute to our companies’ performances share in the successes and the value they help create.”