Vijen Patel
The 81 Collection | Founder of Tide Cleaners (originally Pressbox, acq. by P&G)
- Role
- Co-owner at One Knoxville SC
- Location
- Chicago, IL, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Vijen Patel
Vijen Patel is an entrepreneur and investor in Chicago.He founded and leads The 81 Collection, a high-growth equity investor in boring industries.Prior, Vijen co-founded and was CEO of Pressbox. Pressbox placed proprietary hardware to serve as a 24/7 dry cleaner and laundromat. By July 2018, Pressbox grew to 1,400 locations, 150 employees, and 10 cities.Procter & Gamble purchased Pressbox in July 2018. Vijen remained as CEO under the new brand Tide Cleaners. Tide Cleaners now has more than 2,400 locations across 20 cities.Before Pressbox, Vijen was a consumer and retail private equity investor at FFL in San Francisco. He also worked at McKinsey & Company in New York, London, and South Africa and at Goldman Sachs in New York. He lives in Chicago with his wife, two boys, and 173 unread books.
Experience
Co-owner
Apr 2021 — Present · Knoxville, TN, US
Education
University of Notre Dame
BBA, Finance
2004 — 2008
University of Notre Dame
BSc, Mathematics
2004 — 2008
Skills
- Investment Banking
- Management Consulting
- Emerging Markets
- Market Entry
- Start-Ups
- Venture Capital
- Business Strategy
- Acquisition Integration
- Lbo
- Financial Analysis
- Corporate Finance
- Business Valuation
- Corporate Development
- Valuation
- Strategy
- Due Diligence
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- Entrepreneurship
- Private Equity
- M&a Experience
- Financial Modeling
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