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Merlin tops private equity list
Merlin tops private equity list Visitor attractions operator Merlin Entertainments has topped the Sunday Times Deloitte Buyout Track 100 for the second year running.
The list identifies the UK's private equity-owned companies with the fastest growing profits (EBITDA) of more than £50m.
Merlin is currently the world’s number two visitor attraction operator, behind Disney, with 13,500 employees and around 35 million annual visits to its attractions.
Chief executive Nick Varney said: “Merlin has continued to prosper under private equity ownership, particularly with Blackstone with whom my team and I have an excellent working relationship.
"They have provided not simply investment, but also the business and strategic support we needed to build a world leading leisure organisation of which we are both proud; and which still has enormous potential for growth. I do not believe this could have been achieved in any other way.”
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