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Tortorella Group

The Deal

Bought By
Jackie Kopcho and Kirk Newcombe
Year
2021
Vehicle
Big Branch Capital and Timberwind, backed by Endurance Search Partners and Relay Investments
Kind
Physical operations

A pool designer, builder and service company on eastern Long Island, founded more than forty years ago by John Tortorella, with about 150 employees in season. Its divisions cover construction, service and maintenance, heating and propane delivery, and chlorine delivery to municipalities and commercial pools.

What Happened Next

Run by both searchers, she as chief executive and he first as chief operating officer, with the founder staying on in an advisory role by the company's announcement of February 2022; one backer carries it as operating.

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Backed by the Same Firms

Endurance Search Partners

Relay Investments

Method & Source

This record is double-sourced: it joined when the purchase and, where the company has traded on, the exit could both be read in primary accounts rather than inferred.