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Private-equity firm Roark Capital is mismanaging Driven, ADW Capital said in a letter.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

Sure, injuries have plagued the team this season, but it’s Roberts who is mismanaging the pitching staff.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2021

“It’s not as much about the ideas as it is the execution of those plans — the company is mismanaging the opportunities in front of them,” he said.

From New York Times • Aug. 12, 2018

“They think that the bureau is mismanaging money,” Kevin James said.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 7, 2014

I have bought cheaply, and the business should have been a very profitable one; but my partner in London is either not acting fairly by me, or he is mismanaging matters altogether.

From The Lion of Saint Mark A Story of Venice in the Fourteenth Century by Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)