Ailene Holderness, former Head of M&A at IAC (NASDAQ: IAC)

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‍“Risk-taking should be rewarded. Institutions who embrace that can find people who adds a lot of value to their teams because they have done something outside of the box.” - Ailene Holderness

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For this episode of the M&A Science podcast, Kison interviewed IAC's former Head of M&A Ailene Holderness, about how they manage their multi-vertical strategy and how she builds a high-performing M&A team. 

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Ailene shares her experience in finding talent, their hiring process inside IAC, and the criteria she uses to build her M&A team to support their multi-vertical strategy.