Homepage: The Kelso Difference | Kelso Kelso is a North American-focused middle market private equity firm Kelso was founded on the principles of partnership and alignment of interest espoused by Louis Kelso, the inventor of the Employee Stock Ownership Plan (or ESOP)
Investments - Kelso Management and the Penske organization (including Roger Penske) selected Kelso as their partner due to our successful record of investing in the transportation industry, substantial experience with corporate partnerships and significant personal investment by the Kelso employees in our transactions
Team - Kelso Baily Blair Kempner Managing Director, Investor Relations- SEE MORE -
News - Kelso Kelso and affiliated funds have acquired Silver Spur Corporation (“Silver Spur”), a supplier of specialty glass and plastic packaging Silver Spur will be combined with Kelso’s existing investments in C L Smith and Inmark, distributors of rigid container and life sciences packaging products
Foundation Consumer Healthcare - Kelso Over-the-counter (“OTC”) pharmaceutical platform that owns market leading brands including Plan B One-Step (emergency contraceptive), Theravent (snoring relief), Campho-Phenique (cold sore relief), St Joseph (low-dose aspirin), Bronkaid (asthma relief), and Neo-Synephrine (nasal decongestant)
Our Approach - Kelso We utilize the cumulative experience of the Kelso professionals, as well as our extensive network of industry experts, to provide our partners with strategic insights and to help our management teams drive value creation
All Investments - Kelso Investment - Inovar J S Held KAR Auction Services Kelso Overland Kerotest Manufacturing Key Components Kilsby-Roberts
Team - Michael Nichols | Kelso Mike joined Kelso in 2016 and leads the firm’s capital markets activities, including acquisition financing for new investments and capital structure optimization for existing portfolio companies