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). 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. 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.
Kelso & company and its affiliate funds (kelso) are pleased to announce that we have signed definitive documentation to merge bradyplus (a kelso fund x portfolio company) with imperial dade. Contact us kelso & company 299 park avenue, 30th floor new york, ny 10171 general inquiries for media inquiries 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.
