Bain Capital

“Bain Capital bought the chain from founder Tom Monaghan in 1998 for around $1 billion, at a time when its pizza crust was regularly compared to cardboard. It installed a new CEO named Dave Brandon, who was credited with everything from international expansion to menu revitalization to a successful marketing campaign starring Brandon himself. Domino's went public in 2004 and today has a $10.6 billion market cap.”

“Poolside — $12B model maker backed by Nvidia, Bain Capital, and DST”

“Bain would later try to repeat the Brandon magic by putting him in charge of Toys 'R Us, but that one didn't work out so well.”