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Leonard Green
Leonard Green may refer to: * Leonard Green (cricketer) (1890–1963), English cricketer * Leonard I. Green (1934–2002), founding partner of leveraged buyout firm Leonard Green & Partners * Leonard Green & Partners, a private equity firm based in Los Angeles * Lenny Green (1933–2019), baseball player * Len Green (1936–2024), English footballer * Leonard Green (''Friends''), a fictional character on the television series ''Friends'' See also * Leonard Greene (1918–2006), American inventor and engineer {{disambiguation, hn=Green, Leonard ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leonard Green (cricketer)
Leonard Green (1 February 1890 – 2 March 1963) was an English cricketer active from 1922 to 1935 who played for Lancashire, and a Territorial Army officer who commanded the 125th (Lancashire Fusiliers) Brigade from 1934 to 1938. He was born and died in Whalley, Lancashire. Green was born in a house built by his Father, Roger Green, who represented the Whalley Cricket Club at the 1864 meeting which led to the foundation of Lancashire County Cricket Club. At the time of his death, he lived in the Manor House which he shared with his brother James. Cricketing career He appeared in 160 first-class matches as a righthanded batsman and occasional wicketkeeper who also bowled sometimes, though his bowling arm and style are unrecorded. He scored 3,981 runs with a highest score of 110 * among two centuries and held 39 catches. He took twelve wickets with a best analysis of two for 2. He was the Lancashire club captain from 1926 until 1928. Military career Green was commissioned in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leonard I
Leonard or ''Leo'' is a common English masculine given name and a surname. The given name and surname originate from the Old High German '' Leonhard'' containing the prefix ''levon'' ("lion") from the Greek Λέων ("lion") through the Latin '' Leo,'' and the suffix ''hardu'' ("brave" or "hardy"). The name has come to mean "lion strength", "lion-strong", or "lion-hearted". Leonard was the name of a Saint in the Middle Ages period, known as the patron saint of prisoners. Leonard is also an Irish origin surname, from the Gaelic ''O'Leannain'' also found as O'Leonard, but often was anglicised to just Leonard, consisting of the prefix ''O'' ("descendant of") and the suffix ''Leannan'' ("lover"). The oldest public records of the surname appear in 1272 in Huntingdonshire, England, and in 1479 in Ulm, Germany. Variations The name has variants in other languages: * Anard/Nardu/Lewnardu/Leunardu (Maltese) * Leen, Leendert, Lenard (Dutch) * Lehnertz, Lehnert (Luxembourgish) * Len ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leonard Green & Partners
Leonard Green & Partners, L.P. (LGP) is an American private equity investment firm founded in 1989 and based in Los Angeles. The firm specializes in private equity investments. LGP has invested in over 95 companies since its inception, including Petco and The Container Store. In June 2024, Leonard Green and Partners ranked 18th in Private Equity International's PEI 300 ranking among the world's largest private equity firms. History Leonard Green was founded by Leonard I. Green in 1989 after separating from Gibbons, Green and van Amerongen Ltd. (Gibbons Green), a bank which he had co-founded in 1969 with Edward Gibbons and Lewis van Amerongen. Leonard Green died in 2002, leaving the firm to be run by John G. Danhakl, Peter J. Nolan and Jonathan D. Sokoloff. The firm's predecessor, Gibbons Green, was among the earliest practitioners of the leveraged and management buyout. Gibbons Green purchased several companies, including Purex Industries in 1982, Budget Rent a Car from Tra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lenny Green
Leonard Charles Green (January 6, 1933 – January 6, 2019) was an American professional baseball player. The outfielder played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for 12 seasons for the Baltimore Orioles (1957–59; 1964), Washington Senators/Minnesota Twins (1959–64), Los Angeles Angels (1964), Boston Red Sox (1965–66) and Detroit Tigers (1967–68). He batted and threw left-handed and was listed as tall and . Early life Green was born in Detroit, Michigan, and attended Pershing High School. Career His career began with the Orioles' farm system in 1955 after service in the United States Army. After three trials with Baltimore, including most of the season, he was traded to the Senators in May 1959 for American League Rookie of the Year Albie Pearson. He was the club's regular center fielder in its last year in Washington (1960) and its first two seasons in Minneapolis-St. Paul (1961–62), before losing his regular job to Jimmie Hall in . Green later was the regular ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Len Green
Leonard Hope Green (2 October 1936 – 2 November 2024) was an English footballer who made 50 appearances in the Football League playing as a right back for Darlington. He also played non-league football Non-League football describes association football, football leagues played outside the top leagues of a country. Usually, it describes leagues which are not fully professional. The term is primarily used for football in England, where it is ... for clubs including Lingfield Lane and Horden Colliery Welfare. Green was a member of the Darlington team that drew with Chelsea, League champions only three seasons earlier, in the fourth round of the 1958–59 FA Cup, and won the replay 4–1 to progress to the last 16 of the competition for only the second time in the club's history. Green died on 2 November 2024, at the age of 88. References 1936 births 2024 deaths English men's footballers Footballers from Bishop Auckland Men's association football fullbacks ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leonard Green (Friends)
Various characters appeared in the sitcom ''Friends'' and its Spin-off (media), spin-off series ''Joey (TV series), Joey'', which respectively aired for ten seasons and two seasons on NBC from 1994 to 2006. ''Friends'' featured six main cast members: Rachel Green (Jennifer Aniston), Monica Geller (Courteney Cox), Phoebe Buffay, Phoebe Buffay-Hannigan (Lisa Kudrow), Joey Tribbiani (Matt LeBlanc), Chandler Bing (Matthew Perry), and Ross Geller (David Schwimmer), while ''Joey'' featured LeBlanc in the title role reprising his role as Tribbiani alongside #Gina Tribbiani, Gina Tribbiani (Drea de Matteo), #Alex Garrett, Alex Garrett (Andrea Anders), #Michael Tribbiani, Michael Tribbiani (Paulo Costanzo), #Bobbie Morganstern, Bobbie Morganstern (Jennifer Coolidge), #Zach Miller, Zach Miller (Miguel A. Núñez Jr.), and #Howard, Howard (Ben Falcone). Many well-known actors guest-starred on both series throughout their combined 12-year run. Ensemble cast The main cast members of ''Frie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
