GardaWorld is the world’s largest private security company
Montreal, November 4, 2024 – CEIM and Société d’Investissement Jeunesse (S.I.J.) are particularly proud to highlight the significant transaction led, alongside a group of investors, by Mr. Stephan Crétier, Founder, Chairman, President and CEO of GardaWorld which today values the company at C$13.5 billion.
Founded in Montreal in 1995, GardaWorld was indeed awarded financial support by the Société d’Investissement Jeunesse Fund as early as 1996 (just one year after its inception), a fund that played a modest, yet determining role in the company’s rise to global leader in the security industry.
The transaction, which also enables Mr. Crétier and senior management to hold approximately 70% in the company, marks the largest private buyout in Canadian history.
