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Blue Owl
Blue Owl Capital (also known as Blue Owl) is an American alternative investment asset management firm. It is currently listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol: "OWL". The firm is headquartered in New York City with additional offices in Hong Kong, Singapore, and elsewhere. History In December 2020, it was announced there would be a merger between Owl Rock Capital Group and Dyal Capital Partners. The two firms would combine with a special-purpose acquisition company, Altimar Acquisition Corp to form Blue Owl. The deal was valued at $12.2 billion which included a $1.5 billion commitment from investors such as ICONIQ Capital, Federated Hermes and Liberty Mutual. On May 19, 2021, the transaction was completed and Blue Owl was listed on the New York Stock Exchange. On October 18, 2021, Blue Owl acquired Oak Street, a private equity real estate firm for $950 million. On December 13, 2021, Blue Owl acquired Ascentium Group, a business development office bas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
399 Park Avenue
399 Park Avenue is a 41-story office building that occupies the entire block between Park Avenue and Lexington Avenue and 53rd Street and 54th Street in Midtown Manhattan, New York City. The building was the world headquarters of Citigroup from 1961 when it moved from 55 Wall Street until 2015 when the company moved to 388 Greenwich Street. History The building lot was assembled by Vincent Astor who initially planned to build a 46-story Astor Plaza on the site. Astor had problems completing the assembly of the lots of mostly residential buildings as a pharmacy held out. In 1974, the company opened the Citigroup Center annex across Lexington to the east. In 1987, Citigroup sold one third of its interest in the building along with two-thirds of its interest in Citigroup Center to Dai-Ichi Mutual Life Insurance Company for $670 million. At the time, Citigroup said it was moving many of its offices to One Court Square in Long Island City, Queens. Citigroup moved out of the top two ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neuberger Berman
Neuberger Berman Group LLC is a private, independent, employee-owned investment management firm. The firm manages equities, fixed income, private equity and hedge fund portfolios for global institutional investors, advisors and high-net-worth individuals. Overview Founded in 1939, Neuberger Berman is a privately held asset management firm, which is 100% owned by its employees. It serves pension plans, charitable organizations, sovereign wealth funds and other institutions, as well as high-net-worth individuals and mutual fund investors, both directly and through financial intermediaries and other partners. The firm has a broad range of investment capabilities, which have enabled it to win numerous public strategic partnership mandates with both leading institutional pension plans and major financial institutions. For its private clients, Neuberger Berman also provides financial planning, fiduciary services, and trust services. Known as a firm of investors, the firm has maintaine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vista Equity Partners
Vista Equity Partners is an American investment firm focused on financing and forwarding software, data, and technology-enabled startup businesses. Vista has invested in hundreds of companies, including Misys, Ping Identity, and Marketo. The company has offices in several cities, including Austin, Texas, New York City, and San Francisco. History 2000–2009 Vista Equity Partners was founded in 2000 by American businessman and investor Robert F. Smith, who serves as chairman and CEO. Vista opened its first office in San Francisco in 2000. In November 2008, the company closed a funding round for its first institutional fund with a total of $1.3 billion raised. Vista is known for applying detailed scrutiny in human resources when investing in firms, in a procedure it calls Vista Standard Operating Procedures. 2010–2019 In 2010, Brian N. Sheth was promoted to president and awarded the title of co-founder of the firm. He remained in this role until his departure in 2020. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Starwood Capital Group
Starwood Capital Group is an investment firm headquartered in Miami Beach, Florida. It is managed by Barry Sternlicht. It was co-founded by Sternlicht and Robert Faith in 1991. In 1993, Faith left Starwood to found Greystar Real Estate Partners. History In 1991, at the age of 31, Sternlicht launched the firm to buy apartment buildings that were being sold by the Resolution Trust Corporation, created by the federal government to hold and liquidate the real estate assets owned by failed banks after the savings and loan crisis. Sternlicht raised $20 million from the families of William Bernard Ziff Jr. and Carter Burden of New York to fund these purchases. In 1993, the company contributed the apartment portfolio to Sam Zell's Equity Residential in exchange for a 20% stake in the company. In 1994, in partnership with Goldman Sachs, the company purchased Westin Hotels & Resorts in a $561 million transaction. In January 1995, Starwood purchased Hotel Investors Trust, an almost-bank ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sixth Street Partners
Sixth Street (formerly known as TSSP) is a global investment firm with $60 billion in assets under management. The firm operates nine investment platforms across its growth investing, adjacencies, direct lending, fundamental public strategies, infrastructure, special situations, agriculture and par liquid credit businesses. Sixth Street invests in the equity and debt of public and private companies, acquires real estate, finances infrastructure projects, and provides start-up capital to new businesses. Sixth Street has been noted in the financial media for the unusual structure of its largest fund, which is open-ended and able to hold longer-term investments. Notable investments FC Barcelona In July 2022, Sixth Street acquired rights to 25% of FC Barcelona's income from LaLiga TV over the next 25 years. The deal was worth €207.5 million for the initial 10% stake and an additional €310 million for the other 15%. San Antonio Spurs In June 2021, Sixth Street a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Silver Lake (investment Firm)
Silver Lake is an American global private equity firm focused on investments in technology, technology-enabled and related industries. Founded in 1999, the firm is one of the largest technology investors in the world. Its investment holdings have included Airbnb, Alibaba Group, Ancestry.com, Broadcom Inc, Broadcom, Credit Karma, City Football Group, Dell Technologies, Endeavor (company), Endeavor, Expedia Group, Fanatics, Inc., Fanatics, First Advantage, Global Blue, GoDaddy, Jio Platforms, Jio, Lightbox, Motorola Solutions, New Zealand Rugby, NortonLifeLock, Red Ventures, Sabre Corporation, Skype, SoFi, Gerson Lehrman Group, GLG, Seagate Technology, SolarWinds, TEG, Twitter, Unity Technologies, Waymo, Weld North Education, WP Engine, Inc., WP Engine, Vacasa, the A-League Men, A-League football competition in Australia, and ZPG. Silver Lake is headquartered in Silicon Valley, and has offices in New York City, New York, London and Hong Kong. History Silver Lake was founded in 1999 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Providence Equity
Providence Equity Partners L.L.C. is a specialist private equity firm, private equity investment firm focused on media, communications, education, technology investments across North America and Europe. The firm specializes in growth-oriented private equity investments and has invested in more than 170 companies globally since its inception in 1989. The firm manages funds with over $31 billion in aggregate private equity capital commitments, making it a large global player in the private equity industry. Providence was one of the principal pioneers of a sector-based approach to private equity investing. The firm's eighth fund, Providence Equity Partners VIII, closed on $6 billion in 2019, above its $5 billion target. The prior fund, Providence VII, closed with $5 billion in 2013. Providence is headquartered in Providence, Rhode Island with additional offices in New York City, New York, Boston, London and Atlanta. Operations The firm raises investment funds from a broad array of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
MBK Partners
MBK Partners (MBKP) is a North Asian focused private equity firm. According to Forbes, MBK Partners is one of the largest private equity firms in Asia, managing $25 billion worth of assets. Overview MBK Partners was founded in 2005 by Michael Kim (businessman), Michael ByungJu Kim and several other senior Asian executives from the The Carlyle Group, Carlyle Group. In 2021, the firm returned In January 2022, a 13% stake of the firm was sold to Blue Owl, Dyal Capital Partners. The firm has two main businesses, Buyouts and Special Situations. MBK Partners' investment focus is in North Asian regions, namely China, Japan and South Korea. MBK Partners has offices in Beijing, Hong Kong, Seoul, Shanghai and Tokyo. Funds Notable investments * Godiva Chocolatier, Godiva Japan * Hong Kong Broadband Network, HKBN * Homeplus * ING Group, ING Life Korea * K Bank * Universal Studios Japan * Wharf T&T Notable transactions In May 2009, MBKP and Goldman Sachs acquired a 98.3% st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
KPS Capital Partners
KPS Capital Partners is an American investment company that manages KPS Special Situation Funds, a family of investment funds. KPS specifically invests out of two funds raised in October 2019: KPS Special Situations Fund V ($6.12 billion) and KPS Mid-Cap Fund ($1.02 billion). History The company was founded in 1991 by Eugene Keilin, Michael Psaros, and David Shapiro, hence the KPS name. KPS raised its first institutional fund in 1998. On May 6, 2019, KPS Capital Partners signed an agreement with Brunswick Corporation to purchase its fitness business valued at $490 million in an all cash transaction. In 2020, KPS completed five platform investments, including IKG (January 2020), Lufkin Industries (June 2020), Briggs & Stratton (September 2020), AM General (October 2020) and Hussey Copper (December 2020). In 2021, KPS announced the acquisition of the aluminum rolling business from Norsk Hydro and the EMEA food and consumer packaging business from Crown Holdings. Operations Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
JANA Partners LLC
JANA Partners LLC ("JANA" or "JANA Partners") is an investment manager specializing in event-driven investing. It was founded in 2001 by Barry Rosenstein. JANA engages in traditional shareholder activism and socially responsible investing. History In the 1980s Barry Rosenstein worked with Asher Edelman. In 2001 Rosenstein founded JANA Partners. He began the firm in 2001 with $35 million, making it into a shareholder watchdog. Investment strategies Activist investing As an activist investor JANA Partners buys large numbers of shares in companies that it believes are underperforming, and then encourages the companies to make the changes JANA believes are needed to improve performance. The hedge fund has made activist investments in Apple Inc., Tiffany's, Whole Foods, ConAgra, PetSmart, Walgreens Boots Alliance, Apache, URS, Safeway, Ashland, Marathon Petroleum, McGraw Hill, CNET, and Kerr-McGee. In July 2014, JANA announced a 10% share in Petsmart, despite the company's po ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Golub Capital
Golub Capital is a credit Asset management, asset manager based in the United States with over $40 billion of capital under management. The firm has primary business lines in Middle-market company, middle market lending, late stage lending, and Syndicated loan, broadly syndicated loans. The firm is also affiliated with Golub Capital BDC, Inc., a Business Development Company, business development company that trades on the NASDAQ under the stock ticker symbol, GBDC. Golub Capital is one of the largest non-bank middle market lenders and providers of senior debt. History 1994–2000: Foundation and early success Golub Capital was founded in New York City in 1994 by Lawrence Golub. Golub had previously worked at Allen & Company, Wasserstein Perella & Co., and Bankers Trust. He had also been a White House Fellows, White House Fellow. The firm initially operated with $20 million of equity capital under management. Anchor investors in Golub Capital's first fund included Dan Lufkin (of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bridgepoint Group
Bridgepoint Group plc is a British private investment company listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index. History Bridgepoint was founded as NatWest Equity Partners, a private equity firm part of NatWest. The firm was renamed Bridgepoint Capital in May 2000 following a management buyout. In May 2001, Bridgepoint closed its first fund following its independence from NatWest. The fund closed at €2 billion, and made its first investments in WT Foods, Virgin Active and Hydrex. The firm closed its Europe II fund in 2001 and its Europe III fund in 2005. Bridgepoint closed its Europe IV fund in 2008 for €4.8 billion. In 2011, the firm was renamed Bridgepoint Advisers. In March 2015, Bridgepoint closed its latest €4 billion Bridgepoint Europe V fund, bringing to €20.5 billion the amount of committed capital raised to date. In August 2018, Dyal Capital Partners acquired a minority stake in Bridgepoint. In 2021 Bridgepoint closed its £1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
