Platinum Equity

Platinum Equity

Type	Limited liability company
Founded	1995
Headquarters	Beverly Hills, California
Key people	Tom Gores, Chairman & CEO
Industry	Private Equity
Products	Investments, private equity funds
Total assets	$24+ billion [1]
Website	www.platinumequity.com

Platinum Equity is a private equity investment firm focusing on leveraged buyout investments in US middle-market companies.

It was founded by billionaire Tom Gores in 1995 and is headquartered in Beverly Hills, California. Forbes magazine ranked it number 19 on its 2008 list of the largest private companies in the United States. ^[2]

The firm has a diversified capital base that includes the assets of its portfolio companies, and capital commitments from institutional investors in the firm's private equity fund vehicles, Platinum Equity Capital Partners and Platinum Equity Capital Partners II.

Institutional investors in the fund vehicles include a diverse cross section of public and private pension funds, insurance companies, endowments and family offices in North America, Europe and Japan.

The firm has regional offices in Boston, New York, and London.

Investments

Since 1995, Platinum Equity has acquired nearly 100 businesses across a broad array of business markets, including information technology, telecommunications, logistics, chemical manufacturing, steel and metals services, industrial fastening systems and automotive aftermarket products. Those acquisitions represent more than $27.5 billion in aggregate annual revenue at the time of acquisition.

• 3B The Fibreglass Company
• Acument Global Technologies
• Advogent
• AEES Power Systems
• Altura Communication Solutions
• American Racing Equipment
• Americatel Corporation
• Broadleaf Logistics Company
• Covad Communications Group, Inc.
• Data2Logistics
• DAUM Commercial Real Estate Services
• DCA Services
• DyStar
• Geesink Norba
• iET Solutions
• International Offshore Services
• Matrix Business Technologies
• NextiraOne Mexico
• PEAK Technologies
• PNA Group, Inc.
• Ryerson, Inc.
• San Diego Union-Tribune
• SCM Metal Products, Inc.
• Strategic Distribution, Inc.
• Turf Care Supply Corp.
• USRobotics
• Vanguard Networks
• WFI's Deployment Business
• Wheel Pros, Inc.

External links

• Platinum Equity (Company website)

References

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