AEA Investors is one of the oldest private equity

Private equity

Private equity, in finance, is an asset class consisting of equity securities in operating companies that are not publicly traded on a stock exchange....

 investment firm in the United States. The firm focuses on leveraged buyout

Leveraged buyout

A leveraged buyout occurs when an investor, typically financial sponsor, acquires a controlling interest in a company's equity and where a significant percentage of the purchase price is financed through leverage...

, growth capital

Growth capital

Growth capital is a type of private equity investment, most often a minority investment, in relatively mature companies that are looking for capital to expand or restructure operations, enter new markets or finance a significant acquisition without a change of control of the business.Companies...

 and mezzanine capital

Mezzanine capital

Mezzanine capital, in finance, refers to a subordinated debt or preferred equity instrument that represents a claim on a company's assets which is senior only to that of the common shares...

 investments in manufacturing, service, distribution, specialty chemicals, consumer product and business services companies in the middle market. The firm makes investments primarily in the US and Europe although AEA will periodically invest 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

Mellon

- People :* Ailsa Mellon Bruce , daughter of Andrew William Mellon, philanthropist* Alfred Mellon , British composer and conductor* Andrew W. Mellon , one of the longest serving U.S. Treasury Secretaries in history...

, and Harriman

Harriman

-People:* W. Averell Harriman, former Governor of New York, son of E. H. Harriman and brother of E. Roland Harriman* E. H. Harriman, railroad executive, father of W. Averell and E. Roland Harriman...

 families.

AEA is headquartered in New York City

New York City

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 with offices in Stamford, Connecticut

Stamford, Connecticut

Stamford is a city in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. According to the 2010 census, the population of the city is 122,643, making it the fourth largest city in the state and the eighth largest city in New England...

, London

London

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, Munich

Munich

Munich The city's motto is "" . Before 2006, it was "Weltstadt mit Herz" . Its native name, , is derived from the Old High German Munichen, meaning "by the monks' place". The city's name derives from the monks of the Benedictine order who founded the city; hence the monk depicted on the city's coat...

, Hong Kong

Hong Kong

Hong Kong is one of two Special Administrative Regions of the People's Republic of China , the other being Macau. A city-state situated on China's south coast and enclosed by the Pearl River Delta and South China Sea, it is renowned for its expansive skyline and deep natural harbour...

 and Shanghai

Shanghai

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.

Fund Raising

Since 1983, the firm has also raised more than $4 billion of capital from high net worth individuals and institutional investors across five private equity

Private equity

Private equity, in finance, is an asset class consisting of equity securities in operating companies that are not publicly traded on a stock exchange....

 and debt funds:

• 1983 - $509m - AEA Investors
• 1997 - $1.0 billion - AEA Investors II
• 2003 - $939m - AEA Investors
• 2005 - $100m - AEA Mezzanine Partners (Mezzanine
  Mezzanine capital
  Mezzanine capital, in finance, refers to a subordinated debt or preferred equity instrument that represents a claim on a company's assets which is senior only to that of the common shares...
  
  )
• 2005 - $145m - AEA Small Business Fund
• 2006 - $1.5 billion - AEA Investors 2006 Fund

Additionally, in 2002, AEA entered into a joint venture with HSBC

HSBC

HSBC Holdings plc is a global banking and financial services company headquartered in Canary Wharf, London, United Kingdom. it is the world's second-largest banking and financial services group and second-largest public company according to a composite measure by Forbes magazine...

 as part of the bank's restructuring of its private equity operations.

Source: Venture Economics

Thomson Reuters

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Investments

• Acosta Inc.
  Acosta Inc.
  Acosta Sales & Marketing is the largest sales, marketing and service company in North America. The company employs 400 associates at its corporate headquarters in Jacksonville, Florida and 17,000 at 65 locations in Canada and the United States.-History:...
  
  
• Hospitalists Management Group, LLC
• NCGA holdings
• Behavioral Interventions Inc.
• Suncoast Roofing Supply
• Houghton International
• Unifrax Corporation
• Pregis
  Pregis
  Pregis Corporation, a subsidiary of Pregis Holding II Corporation, is a privately held provider of protective and specialty packaging. With headquarters in Deerfield, Illinois, its protective packaging products include protective mailers, air-encapsulated cushioning products, inflatable airbag...
  
  
• CPG International
• Henry Corporation
• Convenience Food Systems

External links

• AEA Investors (company website)