The Stanford 2020 Search Fund observations has a table on p26 showing ~80 companies with IRRs over 25%. Anyone know if these companies (or even a subset) are listed anywhere online? We like the idea of hearing more stories of what worked, and the value creation strategies deployed by acquirers.
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