Partners Group Holding AG is a Swiss-based global private equity firm with US$127 billion in assets under management in private equity, private infrastructure, private real estate and private debt. The firm manages a broad range of funds, structured products and customized portfolios for an international clientele of institutional investors, private banks and other financial institutions. The firm has completed more than 250 private equity investments in portfolio companies. As end of 2021, Partners Group is the fifth most-valuable publicly listed private markets firm in the world by market capitalization. Since 2020 Partners Group is a component of the

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History

Founded in 1996, the firm is headquartered in

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with global offices. In 2019, the firm opened its 129,400-square-foot North American headquarters in

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. Partners Group is a joint stock company under Swiss law, listed on the Swiss Exchange since its 2006

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(minority floating). Around 45% of the shares are held by all employees and partners. The firm's founding partners are Alfred Gantner, Marcel Erni, Urs Wietlisbach and Stefan Degen. As of 2016, according to Forbes' annual billionaire's list, founders Gantner, Erni, and Wietlisbach are listed as three of the 25 wealthiest private equity managers in the world, each with net worths totaling $1.3 billion. As of 30 November 2011, Partners Group has been included in the MSCI Switzerland Index after having been included in mid-September in the Swiss Small & Mid Cap Index ( SMIM Index) which tracks the 30 biggest listed companies in Switzerland that are not listed by the

. In January 2018,

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purchased the company's 44% minority interest in solar energy firm Silicon Ranch for an estimated $200 million. As of 18 September 2020 after closing, Partners Group is in the

, its first trading day as part of the SMI being September 21. The blue-chip SMI is the most prominent stock index in Switzerland, comprising the 20 largest Swiss stocks. Partners Group was awarded firm of the year in Switzerland for four years in a row (2017-2020) by

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. In 2020, Partners Group entered into a major cooperation with UBS in the form of a new private markets solution for its wealth management clients, targeting an annual investment capacity of US$1–3 billion over time. In 2021, Partners Group was selected by Malaysia's Employees Provident Fund to manage a substantial portion of its US$600 million Shariah Private Equity Direct/Co-Investment Fund - the largest of its kind in the world. In November 2022, Partners Group acquired EdgeCore for $1.2 billion, a Colorado-based data center owner and operator company. On 23rd December 2022, the company bought the majority of the Swiss watch-maker Breitling from CVC. Alfred Gantner is taking over the presidency of Breitling's directorial board.

Controversies

In January 2020, freight rail operating company MidRail accused the private equity firm of soliciting the rail company's business secrets to compete against it on a deal, in violation of a non-disclosure agreement previously signed and agreed to in 2017. The lawsuit was filed in New York State Supreme Court. According to the lawsuit, the company MidRail was forced to bid $100 million more for acquisition target Patriot Rail as a result of the breach in the confidentiality agreement.

References

External links

Partners Group
(company website)
Financial Times Profile

PEI Awards: Carlyle and Partners Group win big

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, 2013
Silver Lake and Partners Group to Buy Global Blue for $1.25 Billion

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, 2012
Partners Group Holding Closes Partners Group European Mezzanine Debt Program Above its EUR 500 Million Target

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, 2010
Partners Group successfully closes secondary fund at hard cap of EUR 2.5 billion

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, 2009
Partners Group Secondary 2006 closes on €1bn
AltAssets, 2006
Partners Group opens London office and launches joint HSBC fund of funds
AltAssets, 2005
Swiss fund of funds Partners Group opens Singapore office and launches Asia fund
AltAssets, 2004
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