Warburg Pincus is Deeply Connected to Bausch & Lomb

An IntellectSpace Knowledge Map of Bausch & Lomb's common relationships with Warburg Pincus, involving board, executive, non-profit, investment and other business ties reveals an interesting picture about who was involved in bringing the deal together. 

John Purcell, a former but a long time board member of B&L shared a board seat with senior Warburg Pincus leaders including John Vogelstein and Sidney Lapidus through board seats on Journal Register Company and Information Holdings (Ih).  As a matter of fact, Warburg Pincus had a direct equity position in Information Holdings as noted in the SC 13 and Form 4 filings (green line between Ih and Warburg Pincus on the Knowledge Map).

Ronald Zarrella, current board member of Bausch & Lomb, currently shares a board seat with Avaya, that is deeply connected to Warburg Pincus directly (through an equity position - green line), and indirectly (through a common board members - Joseph P Landy - blue line). 

Lastly, Jonathan S Liden, a board member of Bausch and Lomb, shares a membership on the Council on Foreign Relations with Charles R Kaye and Henry B Schacht, both of whom are deeply connected into Warburg Pincus (thick red/blue lines).

Moreover, one of Bausch & Lomb's largest investors, Franklin Templeton Investments, has dealt with Warburg Pincus in numerous occasions, particularly when purchasing Nuance Communications Inc.

For an interactive version of the Knowledge Map that at a single glance depicts the aforementioned relationships, navigate to or paste the the following URL into your Internet Explorer browser: http://nv.intellectspace.com/ispace/GuestMonitor.aspx?id=45e33a61-d518-4400-8aff-2fe87a2769f2