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Acertitude: Why CEO Quality in Now a Deal Variable in Industrial Private Equity

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CEO quality in Industrials has become a deal variable: one that directly affects valuation, execution velocity, and exit outcomes. Firms that continue to treat leadership as a secondary consideration are increasingly paying for it in lost time, compressed multiples, and avoidable risk.

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