In the News – Buy & Build
February 4th, 2011
Yellowstone’s focus proves to be its greatest strength.
When Gridiron Capital-backed Yellowstone Landscape Group first debuted in 2008 with the acquisitions of Houston’s BIO Landscape & Maintenance, Atlanta’s Piedmont Landscape Contractors and Bunnell, FL’s Austin Outdoor, it had a specific focus: “Create regional platforms that didn’t compete with Brickman and ValleyCrest on a national level but competed well with them in a tight geographic region. Buy good brands in local markets and bring value to the table by creating infrastructure to accelerate and support organic growth and providing capital to do acquisitions,” explains Owen Tharrington, principal of private equity firm Gridiron.
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