Track record
“The build part of Buy and Build implies an intellectual challenge and a move forward. That's what we like to face at the end of an executive career. At Duke Street we are much more involved.” Rémy Sautter - Non-Executive Chairman of RTL Radio France and Duke Street Operating Partner.
Our track record over the last 20 years speaks for itself.
In that time we have invested €2.5 billion in 45 companies, with all but two making profitable returns for investors.
Thanks to our expertise in buy and build, we have made an average of between 1.5 and 2 acquisitions for every company we have invested in.
On average we’ve doubled capital spending in each of our companies in the last year of our ownership compared with the year prior to our investment.
Average employment in our companies has grown by 3 to 4%, annually.
The average annual return on our investments in businesses in the UK and France exceeds 25% per annum.
Not surprisingly we’re extremely proud of this record.