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Haas Wheat & Partners
 PROFILE
Haas Wheat & Partners is a private equity firm with investments in everything from books to feminine hygiene. The partnership owns about a third of of Playtex Products and is also majority owner of used college textbook wholesaler Nebraska Book. Other buys include Walls Holding, which makes coveralls and other apparel for hunting and working outdoors. The company teamed with MSD Capital, Michael Dell's investment firm, and Nebraska Book to create TheCampusHub.com, an e-commerce site for college bookstores. The firm was founded in 1992 by Douglas Wheat and Robert Haas, who also publishes books about African wildlife and donates proceeds to organizations that support the preservation of endangered species.

 COMPETITION
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 FINANCIAL OVERVIEW
Employees: 6

 KEY PEOPLE
• Douglas D. Wheat
    CEO

 CONTACT INFO
300 Crescent Ct.
Dallas, TX 75201
US
Phone: 214-871-8300
Fax: 214-871-8317

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