ADT Security Services
Apollo Global Management acquired ADT Security Services from Tyco International for $6.9B in 2012, taking it private. Apollo took ADT public in 2018 at an $11B valuation, having loaded it with $10B+ in debt. Customers and employees report high-pressure sales tactics and difficult contract cancellation processes.
- FOUNDED
- 1874
- ACQUIRED
- Apollo Global Management, 2012, $6.9B
- WEB
- adt.com
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ADT Security Services founded
2012
Acquired by Apollo Global Management for $6.9B
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