Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Rodger Krouse


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The result was   keep. Secret account 02:03, 31 July 2013 (UTC)

Rodger Krouse

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no indication of WP:Notability. While the sources given do mention him they do not establish him as a notable person in his own right. The first reference is a small mention of political contributions, the second is about the company, the third is not independent, the fourth is a directory entry and the fifth is just a wedding notice. Disputed prod. noq (talk) 23:36, 7 July 2013 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of United States of America-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 03:17, 8 July 2013 (UTC)
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 * Keep: CEO of Sun Capital with 10 billion dollars make him notable. CNBC called him: "the head of the private equity powerhouse behind some of the nation's biggest brands". Not enough? Time and again hosted on economy related TV shows. פשוט pashute ♫ (talk) 21:39, 8 July 2013 (UTC)
 * Notability is not inherited. The company can be notable without him being independently notable. noq (talk) 00:02, 9 July 2013 (UTC)


 * Delete, the sources do not establish notability. They're close, but it just isn't quite there.  Tazerdadog (talk) 23:31, 8 July 2013 (UTC)
 * I guess the way I look at the article is that 1) you have the co-founder of one of the largest private equity firms in the country; 2) he is a big Republican donor which is well documented (and separate from his role at Sun Capital); and 3) he is a frequent guest on business talk shows (of which I have posted several links to videos in external links). I can add more things like awards he received and more information on his campaign donations and relationship with Bain Capital. Patapsco913 (talk)
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.


 * Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Mark Arsten (talk) 17:42, 15 July 2013 (UTC)


 * Delete: rich ≠ notable; see Articles for Improvement/Jordan Bratman. In fact, being rich just means having money, unless you agree that being rich means being perverse than the rest of us. The New York Times article barely mentions him; it's actually about somebody else who backed Mitt Romney, and oh, by the way, there's this guy named Rodger Somethingorother who also is backing him as well.  This appears to be a run of the mill busienssperson. Bearian (talk) 19:26, 16 July 2013 (UTC)
 * keep (Although I started the article I have not voted) There is nothing in the wiki about his wealth so that is not the basis for his notability. Anyhow, per wiki "Significant coverage is more than a trivial mention but it need not be the main topic of the source material." There are four interviews with him which are linked as external links (including CNBC and Reuters):Patapsco913 (talk) 03:03, 17 July 2013 (UTC)


 * CNBC interview with Rodger Krouse July 2, 2012
 * MandA.TV Interviews: Rodger Krouse - Sun Capital Partners May 28, 2013
 * ReutersVideo: Food services, construction to jumpstart US jobs - Interview with Rodger Krouse - Sun Capital Partners July 11, 2011
 * Reuters Business News: Interview with Rodger Krouse: "Is America ready for a 'private-equity president'?" July 8, 2011
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.


 * Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, — Crisco 1492 (talk) 07:03, 24 July 2013 (UTC)

 Krouse's firm owned companies with over 165,000 employees in 2008. Ford Motor has 161,000 employees today. I don't think he qualifies as a run of the mill businessman.Patapsco913 (talk) 07:15, 24 July 2013 (UTC)
 * There is already an article about his firm and nobody is proposing to delete that.noq (talk) 14:52, 24 July 2013 (UTC)


 * Keep - I'm seeing sufficient sourcing to get this past the GNG threshold, with substantial coverage inside the Creswell New York Times piece being particularly compelling. Co-founder of a company that is a major player in leveraged buyouts, which is to say, in modern American capitalism. Carrite (talk) 20:37, 24 July 2013 (UTC)


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