Last Friday, one of the favorites in the race for the right to buy Dell shares, investment company Blackstone, has decided to not participate in the transaction. The refusal was motivated by a strong decrease in the volume of computers sales in the world market in the first quarter this year . In such conditions, Blackstone specialists considered participation in the redemption of Dell shares too risky.
As reported by Bloomberg , the adoption of such a decision was influenced by another important factor. The consultant from Blackstone in preparation for the transaction acted Dave Johnson (Dave Johnson), who until January this year, led by Dell in the process of mergers and acquisitions. Johnson found that focused on the corporate business segment , Dell recently has trouble reaching their goals. In addition, all of the key leaders in this area or have already left the company .
Meanwhile, Dell for many years focused their work in the corporate sector - the homeland of its products were popular with corporations and government agencies.