“[Malon Wilkus] doesn’t mind small fry (average deal, $100 million) and worships speed, made possible because he does not have to line up financing from banks. “It’s a one-stop buyout,” says Wilkus, who has trademarked the phrase.

American Capital Strategies looked at 3,800 possible takeovers last year; a recent spreadsheet tracks 463 prospects. Last year ACS bestowed $6.7 billion in equity and loans to various companies. This year Wilkus has put $1.4 billion into 34 companies and has closed one of his biggest deals ever (an 80% stake in WIS International, an inventory watchdog for retailers, for over $400 million).” (Forbes)