Logistics & Supply Chain

Acosta Sales & Marketing

Carlyle Group acquired Acosta, one of the largest food and consumer goods sales agencies in North America, for roughly $3B in 2014. Acosta filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 2019 with $3B+ in debt, affecting thousands of field sales employees.

FOUNDED
1927
ACQUIRED
The Carlyle Group, 2014, ~$3B

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1927

Acosta Sales & Marketing founded

2014

Acquired by The Carlyle Group for ~$3B

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