Today our managing partner Ken Marlin was quoted in a discussion of Bankrate Inc by Sasha Dai and Kathy Shwiff for The Wall Street Journal. Apax Partners has agreed to acquire personal-finance Web site Bankrate Inc. in a $571 million deal that is especially notable because it is all equity. Bankrate got its start about 30 years ago as a print publisher of the newsletter Bank Rate Monitor, and through 1996 it was primarily a print publication business. In 1996, it started up Bankrate.com, and has built up its online operations over time, including with several acquisitions in 2008. The…
Jul 23, 2009
Apax Partners To Use All Equity In $571M Bankrate Deal
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