Olympus Partners

Romancing the stoned.  Stoning was once a punishment in ancient Greece.  The modern version of stoning is creating a tax solely targeted at a group of people you disdain. Decades ago, the real estate business adopted the concept of carried interest,...

Stamford, CT based private equity firm Olympus Partners’ portfolio company Rise Baking Company (“Rise”) has purchased Brill Inc. (“Brill”).  Brill specializes in cakes, cookies, muffins, icings, glazes and toppings, with a nationwide footprint and distribution...

Coup De Grass. In the summer before eighth grade, at the ripe age of twelve, I was not eligible for NYS working papers required to seek a regular hourly job. My father suggested I find an alternative. Since I was already mowing our small lawn and pulling...

Yakety yak, don’t talk SPAC. In the strange world in which we operate, many of us now know more people involved with a SPAC than people that have had Covid. The SPAC has become the latest fad, marketed as an easier way to do an IPO. As a clear sign of...