Don Wang
Verified Expert in Management Consulting
Finance Expert
New York City, United States
Toptal member since May 27, 2022
Don has extensive experience in M&A, private equity, and company operations, with the completion of 16 transactions valued at $9 billion. He has profound strategic and financial analysis skills, including operational, valuation, and investment/merger consequences modeling. Don's projects vary from M&A execution in insurance software, industrial fluids, and a Canadian veterinarian clinic to operational financial and strategic analysis in data centers, women's goods, and car care industries.
Career Highlights
Case Studies
Due Diligence of a Digital Currency Platform
Equifax's $1 Billion Acquisition of CSC Credit
Company Building for IGM Resins
Software Expertise
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- Microsoft Word
Other Expertise
- Business
- Corporate Finance
- Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A)
- Portfolio Company Support
- Private Equity
Work Experience
General Manager
Varsal
- Oversaw business growth and strategic and operational initiatives for a 200-person China and U.S. manufacturer.
- Named #2 manufacturing business in Philadelphia (‘20 rev. and GP YOY growth of 160% and 144%) on the 2021 Inc. 5000 list.
- Completed key projects, namely: 5-Year Master Supply Agreement for Key FDA approved Drug Raw Material, Website redesign (ongoing), Sales and Marketing Redesign (completed), Migration to Cloud-based CRM (completed).
- Built out a team and hired eight sales and R&D staff members.
Partner
Cosmostring Ventures, LLC
- Obtained and executed advisory projects at Cosmostring Ventures, a boutique international investment and advisory firm focused on maximizing value creation for our clients and stakeholders.
- Served as a due diligence and advisory consultant for clients engaged in M&A activities, including a multi-national insurance software provider, multi-national industrial fluids manufacturer, and Canadian veterinarian clinic.
- Represented operational clients, including a startup data center operator (operational model), startup consumer goods business (detailed inventory KPI and planning model), and private equity fund (investment, financial, and commercial due diligence).
Private Equity Professional
Arsenal Capital Partners
- Evaluated and executed leveraged buyouts and supported portfolio companies through analysis and add-on execution.
- Completed 13 transactions with an aggregate value of $1 billion, worked as a board observer with six companies in the industrial and financial services sectors, and facilitated deals in the US, Canada, UK, Netherlands, Germany, Italy, and China.
- Worked with portfolio companies, such as Peach State Labs, IGM Resins, International Fiber Corporation, FrontStream Holdings, KGS-Alpha Capital Markets, and DG3 on financial analysis, strategic reviews, and operational projects.
Mergers and Acquisitions Professional
Blackstone Inc
- Worked in Blackstone's Atlanta mergers and acquisitions office on buy-side and sell M&A projects and completed three acquisitions with a total value of $8 billion.
- Led quantitative and qualitative diligence, including merger consequences, discounted cash flow, leveraged buyout, reverse Morris trust, leveraged recap, sum-of-the-parts, equity comparables, transaction comparables, and asset step-up.
- Executed strategic transactions, including Equifax's $1 billion acquisition of CSC Credit, Blackstone's $3 billion acquisition of Emdeon, and Sealed Air's $4.3 billion acquisition of Diversey.
- Conducted strategic reviews of a $2 billion consumer retail company and a $5 billion paper company.
Education
Master's Degree in Business Administration (MBA)
China Europe International Business School (CEIBS) - Shanghai, China
Bachelor of Business Administration Degree in Finance and Economics
Emory University - Atlanta, GA, USA
Skills
Finance
Financial Modeling, Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A), Private Equity, Corporate Finance, M&A (Sell-side), M&A (Buy-side), Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A), Forecasting, Valuation, Valuation Modeling, Leveraged Buyout Modeling, Three-statement Modeling, Cross-border M&A, Due Diligence, Fundraising, Revenue & Expense Projections
Output Software
Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word
Industry Expertise
Venture Capital, Logistics
Other
Business, Portfolio Company Support, Business Models, Software as a Service (SaaS), SaaS, Deal Structuring, Financing, Manufacturing, Waterfall Modeling, Finance, Economics, International Projects, Management Consulting, Acquisitions, Early-stage Venture Capital, Leveraged Buyout (LBO), Investment Banking, Operations, Sales
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