Ripplewood Holdings Company Description
Ripplewood Holdings is making waves in the world of private equity. The firm typically invests in the automotive, manufacturing, financial services, entertainment, and technology sectors; portfolio holdings include Direct Holdings Worldwide (parent of direct marketer Time Life) and publishing companies The Reader's Digest Association (bought in 2007 for $2.8 billion) and RD School & Educational Services (formerly WRC Media, it's now a subsidiary of Reader's Digest). The company spun off its Japanese holdings, including Asahi Tec, Columbia Music Entertainment, and Shaklee Global Group, onto Brussels' Euronext Exchange as RHJ International in 2005.
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