ServiceMaster

ServiceMaster Brands is an American privately held company owned by Roark Capital Group that provides residential and commercial services.

[citation needed] ServiceMaster was founded in 1929 by Marion E. Wade, a minor league baseball player, as a moth-proofing company in Chicago, Illinois.

[8] A group of equity sponsors led by Clayton, Dubilier & Rice (CD&R) acquired ServiceMaster in July 2007 and took the company private.

[14] On July 26, 2017, ServiceMaster Global Holdings, Inc. announced a plan to spin off its American Home Shield business from its Terminix and Franchise Services Group into a separate publicly-traded company.

[15] In 2020, Naren Gursahaney was appointed as chief executive officer,[14] later that year, Roark Capital Group purchased ServiceMaster Brands.