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đź”´ PRIVATE EQUITY OWNED
Skechers
footwear · Manhattan Beach, CA
PE Firm
3G Capital
Year Acquired
2025
“The world's third-largest shoe brand is now PE-backed. Walk carefully.”
The PE Playbook
- •3G Capital took Skechers private for $9.4 billion in September 2025
- •3G Capital is infamous for brutal cost-cutting at Kraft Heinz and Burger King
- •Shares delisted from NYSE after 30+ years as a public company
- •If 3G's track record holds, expect fewer styles, cheaper materials, and 'operational efficiencies'