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Canning was an early investor in private equity in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Canning founded Madison Dearborn Partners in 1992. Since then the firm has raised over $14 billion of investor commitments. Prior to founding Madison Dearborn, Canning and his team had previously made private equity investments for First Chicago Corporation. [1]
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 ...
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.
In December 2007, in a leveraged buyout, Zell acquired control of Tribune Media, owner of the Chicago Tribune, The Baltimore Sun, Newsday, The Hartford Courant, and other newspapers as well as the Chicago Cubs and Wrigley Field. For the $8.2 billion acquisition, Zell only invested $315 million of his own money, all in the form of debt. [26]
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]
Frontenac is a Chicago-based private equity firm founded in 1971. The firm focuses on investing in lower middle market buyout transactions in the consumer, industrial, and services industries. The firm focuses on investing in lower middle market buyout transactions in the consumer, industrial, and services industries.
Heitman LLC (Heitman) is an American real estate investment firm headquartered in Chicago. It has three main business areas, private equity real estate, real estate debt and investment in real estate securities such as Real estate investment trusts (REITs). Outside the United States, the firm has offices in Europe and Asia-Pacific.
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.