'Buyout Lab' Brings Private Equity Expert John Canning To Kellogg

A new Kellogg School course is bringing students closer to real-world private equity challenges, providing a hands-on opportunity to understand the leveraged buyout process and work with a private equity firm as part of the class. One of the top firms in management buyouts and private equity, Madison Dearborn principals manage five funds, one of which raised $6.5 billion in 2006. The firm invests in companies in partnership with outstanding management teams to try to achieve significant long-term equity value.