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Focus Financial shares drop after hours as secondary offering gets filed that mostly pays off KKR and Stone Point without generating M&A capital

The New York rollup's shares have risen with RIA valuations, giving the pre-IPO investors an exit window

Author Brooke Southall February 25, 2021 at 11:00 PM
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Rudy Adolf and fellow execs and directors will not cash out with this offering.

Rudy Adolf


Joe Gordon

Joe Gordon

February 27, 2021 — 11:59 AM
To say KKR was never meant to be a permanent partner is to understate what private equity is all about: invest early and flip... also no investor is ever a permanent partner unless the company continues to deliver shareholder value.

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Focus Financial Partners, LLC
Consolidator/Roll-up Firm
Top Executive: Rudy Adolf



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