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Chicago Growth Partners (formerly known as William Blair Capital Partners) is a private equity firm focused on leveraged buyout and growth capital investments in middle-market companies across a range of industries, including, education, business services, healthcare and industrial growth. [1]
CIVC Partners, previously known as Continental Illinois Venture Corporation, is a Chicago-based private equity firm that presently has over $1.8 billion of equity capital under management. The firm's predecessor was established in 1970 as a subsidiary of Continental Illinois National Bank and Trust Company .
Thoma Cressey Equity Partners logo in use before 2007 when the firm changed its name. Thoma Bravo, LP is an American private equity and growth capital firm based in Chicago. [6] It is known for being particularly active in acquiring enterprise software companies [7] and has over $130 billion in assets under management as of 2023. [8]
GTCR logo in use prior to 1998 separation. The company was founded in 1980 as Golder Thoma & Co. by Stanley Golder, Carl Thoma, and Bryan Cressey. [2] In the 1970s, Golder built the private equity program at First Chicago Corp. [3] where he is noted primarily for backing Federal Express and for efforts as chairman of the National Venture Capital Association and the National Association of ...
Private equity giant Providence Equity Partners is betting on the rebound of the live event business, backing Ambassador Theatre Group’s acquisition of high-end venues in San Francisco and ...
In 2005, Kirkpatrick co-founded Water Street Healthcare Partners, a Chicago-based private equity firm with a $370-million fund and raising a second fund of $650 million in 2009. In 2007, he was named to Crain's Chicago Business 40 under 40 and an “up and comer” by Modern Healthcare for his role in the firm's growth.
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According to Private Equity International's latest PEI 300 ranking, [114] the largest private-equity firm in the world today is The Blackstone Group based on the amount of private-equity direct-investment capital raised over a five-year window.