Top High Tech, PE, and Venture Capitalist Executives Discuss the Acquirer's Dilemma at A.T. Kearney's Silicon Valley Thought Leaders Event
PALO ALTO, Calif., June 8, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- On Monday, June 8, global management consulting firm A.T. Kearney will host 90 senior executives to explore the high tech M&A landscape in Silicon Valley and what it takes to get it right. This invitation-only event, titled "The Acquirer's Dilemma: Weighing the Risks and Opportunities," is part of the firm's Silicon Valley Thought Leaders series that brings together inspirational leaders, thinkers, entrepreneurs, and executives from the Bay Area to engage in interactive dialogue on the challenges and opportunities facing business and industry.
Innovative and disruptive firms are the lifeblood of Silicon Valley and often become significant growth engines once acquired. At the same time, the technology sector has seen its fair share of notable M&A failures over the years. What, then, is the secret to making it work? This is the acquirer's dilemma.
Philipp Jung, vice president, corporate strategy, HP; Deepak Krishnamurthy, head of corporate strategy, SAP; Ajay Shah, co-founder, Silverlake Sumeru; and Sharon Wienbar, partner, Scale Venture Partners, will join A.T. Kearney in a panel discussion and share their perspectives on a number of key questions. How do you pick the winners early in the evolution of new markets? Does the significant value you hope to realize from an investment outweigh the high degree of risk? How do you create value and retain talent that thrives on disrupting the status quo?
A.T. Kearney will begin the discussion with the firm's leading research in this area, presented by Mark Holman, lead partner for private equity and M&A in the technology sector and head of the firm's San Francisco and Palo Alto offices. The event will be moderated by Bob Haas, A.T. Kearney's global practice leader for private equity and M&A.
"M&A in the technology sector has grown from $392 billion in 2010 to over $650 billion last year," notes Holman. "Clearly, tech leaders believe much value can be created from acquisitions in spite of the inherent dilemmas they face."
Registration for this evening's event is now closed but you can follow #AcquirersDilemma live on Twitter. Visit www.acquirersdilemma.com for more details.
About A.T. Kearney
A.T. Kearney is a leading global management consulting firm with offices in more than 40 countries. Since 1926, we have been trusted advisors to the world's foremost organizations. A.T. Kearney is a partner-owned firm, committed to helping clients achieve immediate impact and growing advantage on their most mission critical issues. For more information, visit www.atkearney.com.
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