They provided the capital for Staples, Sports Authority, Bright Horizons, Domino’s Pizza, Dade International, Steel Dynamics (Oh no! They saved the third largest steel manufacturer), Gartner Inc. (over 100,000 jobs total) All these companies are much stronger (survived) because of Bain.
Sounds like these are on the venture capital side of Bain -- about which there has been no criticism. You list only one that sounds clearly like a private equity turnaround.
Sort of unrelated question: it sounds in a number of accounts as if Bain took over, in whole or in part, a company and then hired or got itself as a consultant. I guess it's perfectly legal (whether it should be or not is another question), but it does seem to guarantee that, whether the company succeeds or fails, Bain will come out on top.
Some doctors deliver babies and also perform abortions.
How many healthy babies delivered do you calculate to make up for each aborted baby?
in the same vein, how many successful ventures does it take to excuse the intention killing off of going concerns in order to plunder their assets?