AEA Investors LP is an American middle market

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. The firm focuses on

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, and

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investments in manufacturing, service, distribution,

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, consumer product, and business services companies in the middle market. The firm makes investments primarily in the US and Europe, and periodically invests in Asia as well. AEA was founded in 1968 to make investments on behalf of S.G. Warburg & Co. as well as the Rockefeller, Mellon, and Harriman families. AEA was formally founded as American European Associates. AEA is headquartered in New York City with offices in

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, London, Munich, and Shanghai. From 1998 until 2011, the firm was chaired by

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. John Garcia is the current

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and

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Fund raising

Since 1983, the firm has raised more than $15 billion of capital from

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s and

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across its

private equity Private equity (PE) is stock in a private company that does not offer stock to the general public; instead it is offered to specialized investment funds and limited partnerships that take an active role in the management and structuring of the co ...

and debt funds. Middle Market Private Equity: * $500 million - AEA Fund I * $1.0 billion - AEA Fund II * 2003 - $1.2 billion - AEA Fund III Investment Program * 2006 - $1.5 billion - AEA Fund IV Investment Program * 2012 - $2.4 billion - AEA Fund V Investment Program * 2016 - $3.2 billion - AEA Fund VI Investment Program * 2019 - $4.8 billion - AEA Fund VII Investment Prog Small Business Private Equity: * 2004 - $286 million - AEA Small Business Fund I * 2009 - $350 million - AEA Small Business Fund II * 2016 - $443 million - AEA Small Business Fund III * 2019 - $877 million - AEA Small Business Fund IV Mezzanine Debt: * 2005 - $600 million (includes leverage) - AEA Mezzanine Fund I * 2008 - $420 million - AEA Mezzanine Fund II * 2013 - $575 million - AEA Mezzanine Fund III Middle Market Debt: * 2007 - $320 million (includes leverage) - AEA Middle Market Debt Fund I * 2011 - $410 million (includes leverage) - AEA Middle Market Debt Fund II * 2012 - $220 million (includes leverage) - AEA Middle Market Debt Fund IIP

Investments

* Evoqua Water Technologies LLC * Acosta Inc. * Hospitalists Management Group, LLC * NCGA holdings * Behavioral Interventions Inc. * Suncoast Roofing Supply * Houghton International * Unifrax Corporation * Pregis * CPG International * Henry Corporation * Convenience Food Systems * Singer Equities *

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(sold to

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in 2007) * Brand Networks * Pro Mach Group, Inc. * Dayton Parts, LLC. * 24 Hour Fitness * Jack's * Veseris * Scan Global Logistics * Melissa & Doug

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