Caesars Entertainment Corporation
www.caesars.com
Industry: Retail / Consumer
Acquired: January 2008
Realized: February 2012
Caesars Entertainment is the world's most diversified casino-entertainment provider and the most geographically diverse U.S. casino-entertainment company, operating 47 casinos in 13 U.S. states and five countries. Caesars Entertainment's resorts operate primarily under the Caesars®, Harrah's® and Horseshoe® brand names where it operates over 36,000 slot machines and 2,700 table games, as well as buffets, restaurants, bars, nightclubs, and lounges. Caesars Entertainment's portfolio also includes the Caesars Entertainment UK family of casinos.
As of February 2012, Caesars Entertainment trades publicly on the NASDAQ as “CZR”.
* Portfolio company of TriArtisan Capital Partners, the predecessor to TriArtisan that was founded by Rohit Manocha and Gerald Cromack in 2002.