private-equity firm

Roark Capital

A private-equity firm with heavy exposure to franchised restaurant, consumer, and service brands, including Subway and Inspire Brands. The model concentrates power in investment funds and franchise systems while pushing labor, health, and animal-product costs outward.

Why this matters: Roark is a useful parent-level calibration point for fast-food and franchise ownership.

Letter grade D Extractive High confidence (AI) Rubric gcd-rubric-v1 Last reviewed May 12, 2026

Final Score 4* D - Extractive

DEXTRACTIVE4 pts

* Tentative scaffolding score. Not human-checked or final.

Base Material13

Bonus+0

Cap35Ownership <= 2 and Governance <= 2

After Cap13

Penalties-9

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Evaluation Overview

D - Extractive

The score turns mainly on Loss-Bearing Fidelity, with the largest penalty coming from Policy Capture.

Strengths

Loss-Bearing Fidelity2/7
Market Conduct2/5
Product Integrity2/5

Penalties

Policy Capture-3
High-Carbon Products-2
Accountability Opacity-2
Identity Capture-1

Evidence state

ConfidenceHigh confidence (AI)
ThoroughnessDeveloped (AI)
Linked claims14
Direct axis claims14
Coverage14/14

Scoring Axes

Axis	Score	Why this score
Ownership ? Control rights: shareholder-dominated at 0, worker cooperative control at 10.	1 / 10	Roark Capital is organized as the parent, owner, or controlling holding structure described in the linked public materials, not as a worker-, customer-, reader-, or public-governed institution. Roark Capital is organized as the parent, owner, or controlling holding structure described in the linked public materials, not as a worker-, customer-, reader-, or public-governed institution. On Ownership, Roark Capital belongs near the bottom because parent ownership primarily serves shareholders, funds, families, executives, or individual owners. Any practical value at the subsidiary level does not become democratic control at the parent level. Calibration notes Comparative anchor: Parent and owner entities calibrated against listed subsidiaries, conglomerates, private-equity firms, public companies, and mission-locked alternatives. Linked evidence Roark Capital is organized as the parent, owner, or controlling holding structure described in the linked public materials, not as a worker-, customer-, reader-, or public-governed institution. [1] context Roark Capital's public structure concentrates binding control in shareholders, family owners, funds, executives, or individual owners rather than the subsidiaries' workers, users, customers, or affected communities. [2] context Roark Capital controls or benefits from subsidiary, portfolio, platform, media, retail, insurance, finance, or franchise economics at parent scale. [3] context Roark Capital's public ownership model does not give ordinary workers across controlled subsidiaries binding democratic authority over parent strategy. [4] context Roark Capital's parent-level structure creates ordinary corporate, investment, platform, or franchise exposure to layoffs, restructuring, divestitures, or weak exit protections. [5] context Roark Capital's public materials do not show a durable rule requiring parent owners or investors to absorb losses ahead of workers, customers, readers, users, or affected communities. [6] context Roark Capital's parent position gives it market, platform, brand, portfolio, distribution, data, or financing power over ordinary customers or subsidiary constituencies. [7] context Roark Capital's controlled businesses include products or services with real public or consumer utility, but that utility is filtered through parent-level control and monetization incentives. [8] context Roark Capital's scale makes parent-level decisions consequential for many people across subsidiaries, portfolio companies, customers, workers, or public institutions. [9]
Governance ? Binding decision authority: centralized control at 0, democratic stakeholder control at 10.	1 / 10	Roark Capital's public structure concentrates binding control in shareholders, family owners, funds, executives, or individual owners rather than the subsidiaries' workers, users, customers, or affected communities. Roark Capital's public structure concentrates binding control in shareholders, family owners, funds, executives, or individual owners rather than the subsidiaries' workers, users, customers, or affected communities. On Governance, Roark Capital belongs near the bottom because parent ownership primarily serves shareholders, funds, families, executives, or individual owners. Any practical value at the subsidiary level does not become democratic control at the parent level. Calibration notes Comparative anchor: Parent and owner entities calibrated against listed subsidiaries, conglomerates, private-equity firms, public companies, and mission-locked alternatives. Linked evidence context Roark Capital is organized as the parent, owner, or controlling holding structure described in the linked public materials, not as a worker-, customer-, reader-, or public-governed institution. [1] Roark Capital's public structure concentrates binding control in shareholders, family owners, funds, executives, or individual owners rather than the subsidiaries' workers, users, customers, or affected communities. [2] context Roark Capital controls or benefits from subsidiary, portfolio, platform, media, retail, insurance, finance, or franchise economics at parent scale. [3] context Roark Capital's public ownership model does not give ordinary workers across controlled subsidiaries binding democratic authority over parent strategy. [4] context Roark Capital's parent-level structure creates ordinary corporate, investment, platform, or franchise exposure to layoffs, restructuring, divestitures, or weak exit protections. [5] context Roark Capital's public materials do not show a durable rule requiring parent owners or investors to absorb losses ahead of workers, customers, readers, users, or affected communities. [6] context Roark Capital's parent position gives it market, platform, brand, portfolio, distribution, data, or financing power over ordinary customers or subsidiary constituencies. [7] context Roark Capital's controlled businesses include products or services with real public or consumer utility, but that utility is filtered through parent-level control and monetization incentives. [8] context Roark Capital's scale makes parent-level decisions consequential for many people across subsidiaries, portfolio companies, customers, workers, or public institutions. [9]
Extraction ? Surplus allocation, wage share, CEO pay ratio, margins, and structured extraction judgment.	1 / 10	Roark Capital controls or benefits from subsidiary, portfolio, platform, media, retail, insurance, finance, or franchise economics at parent scale. Roark Capital controls or benefits from subsidiary, portfolio, platform, media, retail, insurance, finance, or franchise economics at parent scale. On Extraction, Roark Capital belongs near the bottom because parent ownership primarily serves shareholders, funds, families, executives, or individual owners. Any practical value at the subsidiary level does not become democratic control at the parent level. Calibration notes Comparative anchor: Parent and owner entities calibrated against listed subsidiaries, conglomerates, private-equity firms, public companies, and mission-locked alternatives. Linked evidence context Roark Capital is organized as the parent, owner, or controlling holding structure described in the linked public materials, not as a worker-, customer-, reader-, or public-governed institution. [1] context Roark Capital's public structure concentrates binding control in shareholders, family owners, funds, executives, or individual owners rather than the subsidiaries' workers, users, customers, or affected communities. [2] Roark Capital controls or benefits from subsidiary, portfolio, platform, media, retail, insurance, finance, or franchise economics at parent scale. [3] context Roark Capital's public ownership model does not give ordinary workers across controlled subsidiaries binding democratic authority over parent strategy. [4] context Roark Capital's parent-level structure creates ordinary corporate, investment, platform, or franchise exposure to layoffs, restructuring, divestitures, or weak exit protections. [5] context Roark Capital's public materials do not show a durable rule requiring parent owners or investors to absorb losses ahead of workers, customers, readers, users, or affected communities. [6] context Roark Capital's parent position gives it market, platform, brand, portfolio, distribution, data, or financing power over ordinary customers or subsidiary constituencies. [7] context Roark Capital's controlled businesses include products or services with real public or consumer utility, but that utility is filtered through parent-level control and monetization incentives. [8] context Roark Capital's scale makes parent-level decisions consequential for many people across subsidiaries, portfolio companies, customers, workers, or public institutions. [9]
Labor Sovereignty ? Worker power: coercive conditions at 0, co-determination or ownership at 7. Employee dissatisfaction matters only when source-backed evidence shows concrete limits on worker agency, such as coercive scheduling, retaliation, wage theft, harassment, unsafe conditions, suppression of worker voice, or extreme turnover.	1 / 7	Roark Capital's public ownership model does not give ordinary workers across controlled subsidiaries binding democratic authority over parent strategy. Roark Capital's public ownership model does not give ordinary workers across controlled subsidiaries binding democratic authority over parent strategy. On Labor Sovereignty, Roark Capital belongs near the bottom because parent ownership primarily serves shareholders, funds, families, executives, or individual owners. Any practical value at the subsidiary level does not become democratic control at the parent level. Calibration notes Comparative anchor: Parent and owner entities calibrated against listed subsidiaries, conglomerates, private-equity firms, public companies, and mission-locked alternatives. Linked evidence context Roark Capital is organized as the parent, owner, or controlling holding structure described in the linked public materials, not as a worker-, customer-, reader-, or public-governed institution. [1] context Roark Capital's public structure concentrates binding control in shareholders, family owners, funds, executives, or individual owners rather than the subsidiaries' workers, users, customers, or affected communities. [2] context Roark Capital controls or benefits from subsidiary, portfolio, platform, media, retail, insurance, finance, or franchise economics at parent scale. [3] Roark Capital's public ownership model does not give ordinary workers across controlled subsidiaries binding democratic authority over parent strategy. [4] context Roark Capital's parent-level structure creates ordinary corporate, investment, platform, or franchise exposure to layoffs, restructuring, divestitures, or weak exit protections. [5] context Roark Capital's public materials do not show a durable rule requiring parent owners or investors to absorb losses ahead of workers, customers, readers, users, or affected communities. [6] context Roark Capital's parent position gives it market, platform, brand, portfolio, distribution, data, or financing power over ordinary customers or subsidiary constituencies. [7] context Roark Capital's controlled businesses include products or services with real public or consumer utility, but that utility is filtered through parent-level control and monetization incentives. [8] context Roark Capital's scale makes parent-level decisions consequential for many people across subsidiaries, portfolio companies, customers, workers, or public institutions. [9]
Solidarity with the Unemployed ? Treatment of exits and nonworkers, including severance, redeployment, and non-competes.	1 / 7	Roark Capital's parent-level structure creates ordinary corporate, investment, platform, or franchise exposure to layoffs, restructuring, divestitures, or weak exit protections. Roark Capital's parent-level structure creates ordinary corporate, investment, platform, or franchise exposure to layoffs, restructuring, divestitures, or weak exit protections. On Solidarity with the Unemployed, Roark Capital belongs near the bottom because parent ownership primarily serves shareholders, funds, families, executives, or individual owners. Any practical value at the subsidiary level does not become democratic control at the parent level. Calibration notes Comparative anchor: Parent and owner entities calibrated against listed subsidiaries, conglomerates, private-equity firms, public companies, and mission-locked alternatives. Linked evidence context Roark Capital is organized as the parent, owner, or controlling holding structure described in the linked public materials, not as a worker-, customer-, reader-, or public-governed institution. [1] context Roark Capital's public structure concentrates binding control in shareholders, family owners, funds, executives, or individual owners rather than the subsidiaries' workers, users, customers, or affected communities. [2] context Roark Capital controls or benefits from subsidiary, portfolio, platform, media, retail, insurance, finance, or franchise economics at parent scale. [3] context Roark Capital's public ownership model does not give ordinary workers across controlled subsidiaries binding democratic authority over parent strategy. [4] Roark Capital's parent-level structure creates ordinary corporate, investment, platform, or franchise exposure to layoffs, restructuring, divestitures, or weak exit protections. [5] context Roark Capital's public materials do not show a durable rule requiring parent owners or investors to absorb losses ahead of workers, customers, readers, users, or affected communities. [6] context Roark Capital's parent position gives it market, platform, brand, portfolio, distribution, data, or financing power over ordinary customers or subsidiary constituencies. [7] context Roark Capital's controlled businesses include products or services with real public or consumer utility, but that utility is filtered through parent-level control and monetization incentives. [8] context Roark Capital's scale makes parent-level decisions consequential for many people across subsidiaries, portfolio companies, customers, workers, or public institutions. [9]
Loss-Bearing Fidelity ? Willingness to absorb costs to preserve values, workers, users, and public obligations.	2 / 7	Roark Capital's linked public materials do not show a durable rule requiring parent owners or investors to absorb losses ahead of workers, customers, readers, users, or affected communities. Roark Capital's linked public materials do not show a durable rule requiring parent owners or investors to absorb losses ahead of workers, customers, readers, users, or affected communities. On Loss-Bearing Fidelity, Roark Capital belongs near the bottom because parent ownership primarily serves shareholders, funds, families, executives, or individual owners. Any practical value at the subsidiary level does not become democratic control at the parent level. Calibration notes Comparative anchor: Parent and owner entities calibrated against listed subsidiaries, conglomerates, private-equity firms, public companies, and mission-locked alternatives. Linked evidence context Roark Capital is organized as the parent, owner, or controlling holding structure described in the linked public materials, not as a worker-, customer-, reader-, or public-governed institution. [1] context Roark Capital's public structure concentrates binding control in shareholders, family owners, funds, executives, or individual owners rather than the subsidiaries' workers, users, customers, or affected communities. [2] context Roark Capital controls or benefits from subsidiary, portfolio, platform, media, retail, insurance, finance, or franchise economics at parent scale. [3] context Roark Capital's public ownership model does not give ordinary workers across controlled subsidiaries binding democratic authority over parent strategy. [4] context Roark Capital's parent-level structure creates ordinary corporate, investment, platform, or franchise exposure to layoffs, restructuring, divestitures, or weak exit protections. [5] Roark Capital's public materials do not show a durable rule requiring parent owners or investors to absorb losses ahead of workers, customers, readers, users, or affected communities. [6] context Roark Capital's parent position gives it market, platform, brand, portfolio, distribution, data, or financing power over ordinary customers or subsidiary constituencies. [7] context Roark Capital's controlled businesses include products or services with real public or consumer utility, but that utility is filtered through parent-level control and monetization incentives. [8] context Roark Capital's scale makes parent-level decisions consequential for many people across subsidiaries, portfolio companies, customers, workers, or public institutions. [9]
Market Conduct ? Pricing fairness, switching costs, lock-in, and rent extraction.	2 / 5	Roark Capital's parent position gives it market, platform, brand, portfolio, distribution, data, or financing power over ordinary customers or subsidiary constituencies. Roark Capital's parent position gives it market, platform, brand, portfolio, distribution, data, or financing power over ordinary customers or subsidiary constituencies. On Market Conduct, Roark Capital belongs near the bottom because parent ownership primarily serves shareholders, funds, families, executives, or individual owners. Any practical value at the subsidiary level does not become democratic control at the parent level. Calibration notes Comparative anchor: Parent and owner entities calibrated against listed subsidiaries, conglomerates, private-equity firms, public companies, and mission-locked alternatives. Linked evidence context Roark Capital is organized as the parent, owner, or controlling holding structure described in the linked public materials, not as a worker-, customer-, reader-, or public-governed institution. [1] context Roark Capital's public structure concentrates binding control in shareholders, family owners, funds, executives, or individual owners rather than the subsidiaries' workers, users, customers, or affected communities. [2] context Roark Capital controls or benefits from subsidiary, portfolio, platform, media, retail, insurance, finance, or franchise economics at parent scale. [3] context Roark Capital's public ownership model does not give ordinary workers across controlled subsidiaries binding democratic authority over parent strategy. [4] context Roark Capital's parent-level structure creates ordinary corporate, investment, platform, or franchise exposure to layoffs, restructuring, divestitures, or weak exit protections. [5] context Roark Capital's public materials do not show a durable rule requiring parent owners or investors to absorb losses ahead of workers, customers, readers, users, or affected communities. [6] Roark Capital's parent position gives it market, platform, brand, portfolio, distribution, data, or financing power over ordinary customers or subsidiary constituencies. [7] context Roark Capital's controlled businesses include products or services with real public or consumer utility, but that utility is filtered through parent-level control and monetization incentives. [8] context Roark Capital's scale makes parent-level decisions consequential for many people across subsidiaries, portfolio companies, customers, workers, or public institutions. [9]
Product Integrity ? Preservation of quality rather than degradation for monetization.	2 / 5	Roark Capital's controlled businesses include products or services with real public or consumer utility, but that utility is filtered through parent-level control and monetization incentives. Roark Capital's controlled businesses include products or services with real public or consumer utility, but that utility is filtered through parent-level control and monetization incentives. On Product Integrity, Roark Capital belongs near the bottom because parent ownership primarily serves shareholders, funds, families, executives, or individual owners. Any practical value at the subsidiary level does not become democratic control at the parent level. Calibration notes Comparative anchor: Parent and owner entities calibrated against listed subsidiaries, conglomerates, private-equity firms, public companies, and mission-locked alternatives. Linked evidence context Roark Capital is organized as the parent, owner, or controlling holding structure described in the linked public materials, not as a worker-, customer-, reader-, or public-governed institution. [1] context Roark Capital's public structure concentrates binding control in shareholders, family owners, funds, executives, or individual owners rather than the subsidiaries' workers, users, customers, or affected communities. [2] context Roark Capital controls or benefits from subsidiary, portfolio, platform, media, retail, insurance, finance, or franchise economics at parent scale. [3] context Roark Capital's public ownership model does not give ordinary workers across controlled subsidiaries binding democratic authority over parent strategy. [4] context Roark Capital's parent-level structure creates ordinary corporate, investment, platform, or franchise exposure to layoffs, restructuring, divestitures, or weak exit protections. [5] context Roark Capital's public materials do not show a durable rule requiring parent owners or investors to absorb losses ahead of workers, customers, readers, users, or affected communities. [6] context Roark Capital's parent position gives it market, platform, brand, portfolio, distribution, data, or financing power over ordinary customers or subsidiary constituencies. [7] Roark Capital's controlled businesses include products or services with real public or consumer utility, but that utility is filtered through parent-level control and monetization incentives. [8] context Roark Capital's scale makes parent-level decisions consequential for many people across subsidiaries, portfolio companies, customers, workers, or public institutions. [9]
Scale Integrity ? Whether growth improves or degrades fairness and accountability.	2 / 5	Roark Capital's scale makes parent-level decisions consequential for many people across subsidiaries, portfolio companies, customers, workers, or public institutions. Roark Capital's scale makes parent-level decisions consequential for many people across subsidiaries, portfolio companies, customers, workers, or public institutions. On Scale Integrity, Roark Capital belongs near the bottom because parent ownership primarily serves shareholders, funds, families, executives, or individual owners. Any practical value at the subsidiary level does not become democratic control at the parent level. Calibration notes Comparative anchor: Parent and owner entities calibrated against listed subsidiaries, conglomerates, private-equity firms, public companies, and mission-locked alternatives. Linked evidence context Roark Capital is organized as the parent, owner, or controlling holding structure described in the linked public materials, not as a worker-, customer-, reader-, or public-governed institution. [1] context Roark Capital's public structure concentrates binding control in shareholders, family owners, funds, executives, or individual owners rather than the subsidiaries' workers, users, customers, or affected communities. [2] context Roark Capital controls or benefits from subsidiary, portfolio, platform, media, retail, insurance, finance, or franchise economics at parent scale. [3] context Roark Capital's public ownership model does not give ordinary workers across controlled subsidiaries binding democratic authority over parent strategy. [4] context Roark Capital's parent-level structure creates ordinary corporate, investment, platform, or franchise exposure to layoffs, restructuring, divestitures, or weak exit protections. [5] context Roark Capital's public materials do not show a durable rule requiring parent owners or investors to absorb losses ahead of workers, customers, readers, users, or affected communities. [6] context Roark Capital's parent position gives it market, platform, brand, portfolio, distribution, data, or financing power over ordinary customers or subsidiary constituencies. [7] context Roark Capital's controlled businesses include products or services with real public or consumer utility, but that utility is filtered through parent-level control and monetization incentives. [8] Roark Capital's scale makes parent-level decisions consequential for many people across subsidiaries, portfolio companies, customers, workers, or public institutions. [9]

Penalties

Penalty	Applied	Why this penalty
Policy Capture ? Private-interest attempts to bend law, regulation, subsidies, taxes, enforcement, trade, labor, safety, competition, environmental, healthcare, housing, surveillance, civil-liberties, or consumer policy against workers, customers, citizens, affected communities, or ecological life. Public-interest advocacy is not penalized merely because it is lobbying. Range: -15 to 0.	-3	Roark Capital's public parent-level model makes Policy Capture directly relevant through owner dependence, investor control, policy influence, data power, product externalities, identity pressure, opacity, or harmful subsidiary business lines. Roark Capital's public parent-level model makes Policy Capture directly relevant through owner dependence, investor control, policy influence, data power, product externalities, identity pressure, opacity, or harmful subsidiary business lines. This warrants a Policy Capture penalty because parent control makes the cited risk materially relevant across owned brands, portfolio companies, users, customers, workers, or public institutions. The penalty is calibrated to the severity of that parent-level exposure rather than imported mechanically from any one subsidiary. Calibration notes Comparative anchor: Parent and owner entities calibrated against listed subsidiaries, conglomerates, private-equity firms, public companies, and mission-locked alternatives. Linked evidence Roark Capital's public parent-level model makes Policy Capture directly relevant through owner dependence, investor control, policy influence, data power, product externalities, identity pressure, opacity, or harmful subsidiary business lines. [10]
High-Carbon Products ? Core products, services, financing, or supply chains that materially depend on fossil-fuel combustion, high-emissions transport, industrial animal agriculture, meat, dairy, or other unusually carbon-intensive activity. This is scored separately from general ecological harm so ordinary consumers can see carbon-intensive product exposure directly. Range: -10 to 0.	-2	Roark Capital's public parent-level model makes High-Carbon Products directly relevant through owner dependence, investor control, policy influence, data power, product externalities, identity pressure, opacity, or harmful subsidiary business lines. Roark Capital's public parent-level model makes High-Carbon Products directly relevant through owner dependence, investor control, policy influence, data power, product externalities, identity pressure, opacity, or harmful subsidiary business lines. This warrants a High-Carbon Products penalty because parent control makes the cited risk materially relevant across owned brands, portfolio companies, users, customers, workers, or public institutions. The penalty is calibrated to the severity of that parent-level exposure rather than imported mechanically from any one subsidiary. Calibration notes Comparative anchor: Parent and owner entities calibrated against listed subsidiaries, conglomerates, private-equity firms, public companies, and mission-locked alternatives. Linked evidence Roark Capital's public parent-level model makes High-Carbon Products directly relevant through owner dependence, investor control, policy influence, data power, product externalities, identity pressure, opacity, or harmful subsidiary business lines. [11]
Accountability Opacity ? Material opacity, reputation laundering, or hidden accountability structures that prevent public accountability. Range: -2 to 0.	-2	Roark Capital's public parent-level model makes Accountability Opacity directly relevant through owner dependence, investor control, policy influence, data power, product externalities, identity pressure, opacity, or harmful subsidiary business lines. Roark Capital's public parent-level model makes Accountability Opacity directly relevant through owner dependence, investor control, policy influence, data power, product externalities, identity pressure, opacity, or harmful subsidiary business lines. This warrants a Accountability Opacity penalty because parent control makes the cited risk materially relevant across owned brands, portfolio companies, users, customers, workers, or public institutions. The penalty is calibrated to the severity of that parent-level exposure rather than imported mechanically from any one subsidiary. Calibration notes Comparative anchor: Parent and owner entities calibrated against listed subsidiaries, conglomerates, private-equity firms, public companies, and mission-locked alternatives. Linked evidence Roark Capital's public parent-level model makes Accountability Opacity directly relevant through owner dependence, investor control, policy influence, data power, product externalities, identity pressure, opacity, or harmful subsidiary business lines. [12]
Identity Capture ? Customer pressure, employee pressure, and pervasive identity saturation. Range: -3 to 0.	-1	Roark Capital's public parent-level model makes Identity Capture directly relevant through owner dependence, investor control, policy influence, data power, product externalities, identity pressure, opacity, or harmful subsidiary business lines. Roark Capital's public parent-level model makes Identity Capture directly relevant through owner dependence, investor control, policy influence, data power, product externalities, identity pressure, opacity, or harmful subsidiary business lines. This warrants a Identity Capture penalty because parent control makes the cited risk materially relevant across owned brands, portfolio companies, users, customers, workers, or public institutions. The penalty is calibrated to the severity of that parent-level exposure rather than imported mechanically from any one subsidiary. Calibration notes Comparative anchor: Parent and owner entities calibrated against listed subsidiaries, conglomerates, private-equity firms, public companies, and mission-locked alternatives. Linked evidence Roark Capital's public parent-level model makes Identity Capture directly relevant through owner dependence, investor control, policy influence, data power, product externalities, identity pressure, opacity, or harmful subsidiary business lines. [13]
Ideological Disavowal ? Concealed ideology presented as neutrality, expertise, professional necessity, public-service administration, market inevitability, or non-ideological common sense while exercising power. Range: -3 to 0.	-1	Roark Capital's public parent-level model makes Ideological Disavowal directly relevant through owner dependence, investor control, policy influence, data power, product externalities, identity pressure, opacity, or harmful subsidiary business lines. Roark Capital's public parent-level model makes Ideological Disavowal directly relevant through owner dependence, investor control, policy influence, data power, product externalities, identity pressure, opacity, or harmful subsidiary business lines. This warrants a Ideological Disavowal penalty because parent control makes the cited risk materially relevant across owned brands, portfolio companies, users, customers, workers, or public institutions. The penalty is calibrated to the severity of that parent-level exposure rather than imported mechanically from any one subsidiary. Calibration notes Comparative anchor: Parent and owner entities calibrated against listed subsidiaries, conglomerates, private-equity firms, public companies, and mission-locked alternatives. Linked evidence Roark Capital's public parent-level model makes Ideological Disavowal directly relevant through owner dependence, investor control, policy influence, data power, product externalities, identity pressure, opacity, or harmful subsidiary business lines. [14]

Bonus Credits

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Confidence Basis

Confidence is computed from the evidence trail and review state, not typed into the profile by hand.

High 80/100

14 verified linked claims 14 direct axis claims 0 disputed claims 14/14 components covered

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Claim confidence 17/20

14 verified linked claims

Source quality 10/18

Best source per verified claim, weighted by institutional reliability

Direct axis-specific claims 14/18

14 direct claims across 14 active components

Dispute load 12/12

0 disputed claims on this entity

Recency 10/10

Newest accepted timestamp: May 13, 2026

Reviewer status 7/12

Human-reviewed components score higher than AI scaffolding

Component coverage 10/10

14/14 evidence-bearing components have direct support

Evidence State

Profile stateAI draft / human-pending

VerificationUnverified

ConfidenceHigh confidence (AI)

ThoroughnessDeveloped (AI)

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1Roark Capital is organized as the parent, owner, or controlling holding structure described in the linked public materials, not as a worker-, customer-, reader-, or public-governed institution.

Ownership Verified High confidence Human-reviewed May 12, 2026

Roark CapitalGeneral web source · 58%

2Roark Capital's public structure concentrates binding control in shareholders, family owners, funds, executives, or individual owners rather than the subsidiaries' workers, users, customers, or affected communities.

Governance Verified High confidence Human-reviewed May 12, 2026

Roark CapitalGeneral web source · 58%

3Roark Capital controls or benefits from subsidiary, portfolio, platform, media, retail, insurance, finance, or franchise economics at parent scale.

Extraction Verified High confidence Human-reviewed May 12, 2026

Roark CapitalGeneral web source · 58%

4Roark Capital's public ownership model does not give ordinary workers across controlled subsidiaries binding democratic authority over parent strategy.

Labor Sovereignty Verified High confidence Human-reviewed May 12, 2026

Roark CapitalGeneral web source · 58%

5Roark Capital's parent-level structure creates ordinary corporate, investment, platform, or franchise exposure to layoffs, restructuring, divestitures, or weak exit protections.

Solidarity Unemployed Verified Medium confidence Human-reviewed May 12, 2026

Subway sale to Roark completeGeneral web source · 58%

6Roark Capital's public materials do not show a durable rule requiring parent owners or investors to absorb losses ahead of workers, customers, readers, users, or affected communities.

Loss Bearing Fidelity Verified Medium confidence Human-reviewed May 12, 2026

Roark CapitalGeneral web source · 58%

7Roark Capital's parent position gives it market, platform, brand, portfolio, distribution, data, or financing power over ordinary customers or subsidiary constituencies.

Market Conduct Verified High confidence Human-reviewed May 12, 2026

Subway sale to Roark completeGeneral web source · 58%

8Roark Capital's controlled businesses include products or services with real public or consumer utility, but that utility is filtered through parent-level control and monetization incentives.

Product Integrity Verified High confidence Human-reviewed May 12, 2026

Subway sale to Roark completeGeneral web source · 58%

9Roark Capital's scale makes parent-level decisions consequential for many people across subsidiaries, portfolio companies, customers, workers, or public institutions.

Scale Integrity Verified High confidence Human-reviewed May 12, 2026

Roark CapitalGeneral web source · 58%

10Roark Capital's public parent-level model makes Policy Capture directly relevant through owner dependence, investor control, policy influence, data power, product externalities, identity pressure, opacity, or harmful subsidiary business lines.

Policy Capture Verified Medium confidence Human-reviewed May 12, 2026

Subway sale to Roark completeGeneral web source · 58%

11Roark Capital's public parent-level model makes High-Carbon Products directly relevant through owner dependence, investor control, policy influence, data power, product externalities, identity pressure, opacity, or harmful subsidiary business lines.

High Carbon Products Verified Medium confidence Human-reviewed May 12, 2026

Subway sale to Roark completeGeneral web source · 58%

12Roark Capital's public parent-level model makes Accountability Opacity directly relevant through owner dependence, investor control, policy influence, data power, product externalities, identity pressure, opacity, or harmful subsidiary business lines.

Accountability Opacity Verified Medium confidence Human-reviewed May 12, 2026

Subway sale to Roark completeGeneral web source · 58%

13Roark Capital's public parent-level model makes Identity Capture directly relevant through owner dependence, investor control, policy influence, data power, product externalities, identity pressure, opacity, or harmful subsidiary business lines.

Identity Capture Verified Medium confidence Human-reviewed May 12, 2026

Subway sale to Roark completeGeneral web source · 58%

14Roark Capital's public parent-level model makes Ideological Disavowal directly relevant through owner dependence, investor control, policy influence, data power, product externalities, identity pressure, opacity, or harmful subsidiary business lines.

Ideological Disavowal Verified Medium confidence Human-reviewed May 12, 2026

Subway sale to Roark completeGeneral web source · 58%

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