Berkshire Partners

This article is about a private equity firm. For the holding company owned by Warren Buffett, see Berkshire Hathaway.

Berkshire Partners

Type	Private Ownership
Industry	Private Equity
Founded	1984
Headquarters	Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Products	Private equity funds, Leveraged buyouts
Total assets	US$ 11 billion
Website	www.berkshirepartners.com

Berkshire Partners is a Boston-based private equity firm that has invested in over 100 middle market companies since 1986 through eight investment funds with aggregate capital commitments of $11 billion. Berkshire has developed specific industry experience in several areas including consumer products and retail, business services, industrial manufacturing, transportation and communications. The firm has invested over $50 million to $500 million of equity capital in each portfolio company.

History

Berkshire Partners was founded by Bradley M. Bloom, J. Christopher Clifford, Carl Ferenbach, Richard K. Lubin and Russell L. Epker in 1984. The firm traces its roots back to Boston's Thomas H. Lee Partners, a large-cap private equity firm founded a decade earlier. Since its founding in 1984, Berkshire has raised eight private equity funds with total investor commitments of $11.0 billion since inception.

Berkshire Fund I (1984) - $59 million
Berkshire Fund II (1986) - $125 million
Berkshire Fund III (1992) - $168 million
Berkshire Fund IV (1996) - $387 million
Berkshire Fund V (1998) - $985 million
Berkshire Fund VI (2002) - $1.7 billion
Berkshire Fund VII (2006) - $3.1 billion
Berkshire Fund VIII (2011) - $4.5 billion

Portfolio

Since its inception in 1984, Berkshire Partners has invested in over 100 companies and developed specific industry experience in several areas including retailing, consumer products, manufacturing, transportation, energy, business services and communications.

External links

Berkshire Partners (company website)

References

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