Permira Takes Control of Flint Group, Owner of Seattle and Portland Trades Brands South West, As You Wish and Wolfer’s, in $1.5B Deal

Permira has agreed to buy a majority stake in Flint Group from General Atlantic in a deal reportedly valued above $1.5 billion, handing a new owner the Kansas City platform whose roots run through Seattle's South West Plumbing and As You Wish Electric and Oregon's 125-year-old Wolfer's Home Services.