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Smooth Operators: The Men Behind One of the Largest Black-Owned Private Equity Firms

Michigan-based Syncreon represents one of the most impactful companies that you’ve never heard of. Managing the supply chain needs for corporate leviathans such as General Motors, Dell Computers, and Apple And it's owned by GenNx360 Capital Partners, one of the nation’s largest black-owned private equity firms.

Cleaning Up At Whirlpool

On Jan. 1, 2009, Whirlpool corp. Chairman and CEO Jeff Fettig told its 70,000 employees that economic forces had placed the home appliances manufacturer in the weakest position he could remember. By the end of 2009, the $17 billion giant, the leader in its space against brands that include Electrolux and GE, produced a 9% sales growth and now projects another 6.9% increase in 2010.

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