Building Global Champions

GardaWorld builds global champions in security services, integrated risk management and cash management automation solutions. Powered by intelligent proprietary software platforms and a workforce of 132,000+ skilled and dedicated professionals, GardaWorld has forged close partnerships with the world’s most prominent corporations and governments.

Global Champions

GardaWorld has built a portfolio of high growth businesses that dominate their corresponding verticals.

Leadership Team

Our Leadership Team

Firmly committed to governance, our management team of owner-operators has a relentless entrepreneurial spirit that has resulted in an unrivaled 28-year record of value creation.

Meet the Leaders

Strong Vision, Proven Execution

GardaWorld offers capital partners a time-tested framework for success, cycle after cycle.

Preeminent M&A Machine

Seasoned team with 100+ acquisitions

Our M&A playbook for value creation has allowed us to consistently generate industry-leading growth rates and margins.

Our skill at identifying pre-cursory trends, disciplined approach to evaluating opportunities and focus on elevating service standards allow us to set the benchmark in any single market.

Known throughout the industry for our efficiency, we cultivate a long pipeline of propriety acquisition candidates seeking to join a winning team.

Our 43 consecutive quarters of growth is a testament to our integration plans delivery track record.

41 Acquisitions

Since 2018

Internal Rate of Return

30%+

Owned by its leadership team and supported by tier-1 investors, GardaWorld has consistently generated strong returns through three consecutive growth cycles in the past decade alone.

Driven by value creation, our team has repeatedly delivered >2.5x returns on investment within short horizons to some of the world’s leading private equity firms.

GardaWorld Enterprise Value Graph

Innovation

"Man and Machine" strategies

By deploying technologies like machine learning and predictive analytics, we can enhance both our employees’ and our clients’ performance—while improving our ability to scale operations globally.

To take our risk prevention capabilities to the next level, GardaWorld has recently entered a strategic partnership with world-renowned AI powerhouse Palantir. Combining the sheer power of Palantir’s ontology operational layer and AI tech with Crisis24’s talent and insights, this strategic partnership will revolutionize 21st-century security risk intelligence.

Palantir Technologies
Crisis24

Resilience

Greater immunity to market volatility

GardaWorld represents best-of-breed in an industry that has proved resilient throughout economic cycles—including black swan events like the COVID-19 Pandemic and the Global Financial Crisis.

Steady revenue demonstrated through the non-discretionary nature of our services throughout the 2008 Great Recession and the pandemic.

Proven resilience through macroeconomic downturns

200bps

increase in EBITDA margin through the 2008 recession

100bps

increase in EBITDA margin through the pandemic

Our Approach to Sustainability

Our focus on ESG risk management sets GardaWorld apart in the industry and is based on those areas that are material to each business unit.

Security & Trust

At GardaWorld, we use best-in-class management systems to achieve industry-leading health and safety standards—and to deliver what is asked.

People & Communities

We are dedicated to protecting all parts of society, which is why we invest in the people we employ and the communities we work.

Environmental Impact

We are committed to reducing our environmental footprint, starting by diversifying our fleet to reduce emissions.