Waterland Private Equity is acquiring three IT service providers in the German market: Beck et al., binary, and direkt gruppe. Together, these three companies will form a new platform serving the rapidly growing market for managed enterprise cloud services. As a provider of end-to-end solutions for both private and public clouds, the new group will offer a comprehensive range of services throughout Germany, Austria, Switzerland and beyond, thus supporting its client base of medium-sized businesses and large enterprises as they digitalise their business processes and transition to the [...]

Rob Thielen started his own private equity company and made it into a great success. The secret: choosing themes that 'change society', approaching companies themselves, not waiting for things to go wrong. "With every step in life you become a little more cynical."

Luck is not enough to become one of the world's most successful private equity entrepreneurs, with a (by Dutch Business Magazine Quote ) estimated net worth of nearly 400 million euros and billions of euros from investors under management. But a little luck with a first investment is a huge help, [...]