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Bob White borrows the private equity playbook to block a buyout

8/17/2026

Bob White is running PE tactics from the target side.

The CEO is adopting private equity-style methods to deflect active takeover interest in his company and push the share price higher, without waiting for a formal bid to arrive.

The move inverts the standard buyout argument.

Private equity firms typically target companies where they believe management has left operational or financial value unrealized, then use a change of control as the mechanism to capture it.

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