Private equity firms are typically known as financial engineers, out of touch with the companies they own. For 16 years, Platinum Equity has built its reputation as an owner/operator, closely in touch with its portfolio companies, their managers and employees, and their customers.

“Q” demonstrates this by taking a sophisticated look under the hood of Platinum’s portfolio and talking about the operational and leadership challenges its different companies are tackling.

Essentially a company newsletter, Q is distributed internally to portfolio company employees and managers and posted online for the world each quarter.

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