El regreso de Ken Kelly a Kelly Roofing recuerda que el capital puede comprar una empresa, pero no reemplazar las relaciones y la confianza con las que se construyó.
Tras vender Kelly Roofing, Ken Kelly tuvo la oportunidad de recuperarla. Jill Bloom reflexiona sobre lo que su historia enseña acerca de proteger la cultura, los vínculos y la confianza de una empresa.
Exterior Solutions Group, or ESG, is a commercial roofing contractor headquartered in Edmond, Okla., serving K-12 school districts, colleges and commercial property owners.
Private equity has brought capital, technology and new opportunities to roofing, but Ken Kelly’s decision to buy back the company he founded underscores something harder to acquire: a founder’s understanding of the people, culture and relationships that make a business work.
The acquisition marks Westlake Royal's entry into the rolled steel roof panel business, adding standing-seam roofing products to its existing Unified Steel brand.
Founded in 1978, Warrior Roofing manufactures asphalt roofing felts at facilities in Tuscaloosa and Chambersburg, Pa., and distributes additional underlayment products throughout the United States.
Swinney announced the move in a LinkedIn post, saying he had decided to begin a new chapter after nearly 20 years in the building products distribution industry.