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The 5x CEO: Learn the Strategies and Tactics of Top Private Equity CEOs to Accelerate Value and Maximize Returns Audiobook
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If you're a CEO in a private equity-backed company, the clock is ticking and expectations are sky-high. Your mission is clear: create extraordinary value, move fast, and deliver results that justify the investment. But how do the top-performing CEOs deliver outstanding returns while others fall short?
The 5x CEO is your answer. Based on a two-year research study of over 50 private equity-backed CEOs who achieved exceptional outcomes, averaging a 6.2x Multiple on Invested Capital (MOIC), this book pulls back the curtain on what actually drives success. Co-authors Samantha Allison and Taavo Godtfredsen, experienced coaches and strategic advisors, go beyond theory to give you the playbook elite leaders use to win.
At the heart of this book is the 5x Model, a practical framework that reveals what highly successful private equity CEOs do to accelerate execution and maximize value creation. Built around five critical disciplines—Strategic Clarity, Scalable Talent, Relentless Focus, Disciplined Execution, and Energized Culture—the model defines the essential responsibilities CEOs and their leadership teams must master to outperform in today’s high-pressure, high-stakes environment.
Packed with insights from both CEOs and private equity sponsors, The 5x CEO gives you a proven blueprint for creating value faster, avoiding costly mistakes, and building a legacy of repeatable success.
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About Edoardo Ballerini
Edoardo Ballerini, an American actor, director, film producer, and multiaward–winning narrator. He has won several Audie Awards for best narration, including for 2019’s Best Male Narrator of the Year. He was named by Booklist as winner of their 2023 Voice of Choice Award, and was named a Golden Voice by AudioFile magazine in 2019. He has narrated over two hundred audiobooks, from classics to modern masters, from bestsellers to the inspirational, from Nobel and Pulitzer Prize winners to spine-tingling series, and much more. In television and film, he is best known for his roles in A Murder at the End of the World, The Sopranos, 24, I Shot Andy Warhol, Dinner Rush, and Romeo Must Die. He is also trained in theater and continues to do much work on stage.