Ripplewood Holdings

Type: Private

Ripplewood Holdings makes waves in the private equity universe. The firm participates in leveraged buyouts, management buyouts, growth capital investments, and other transactions, primarily in the automotive, financial, manufacturing, and media sectors. Its holdings have included Direct Holdings Worldwide (parent of direct marketer Time Life) and publishing companies The Reader's Digest Association (RDA) and RD School & Educational Services (formerly WRC Media, it's now a subsidiary of RDA). CEO Tim Collins founded Ripplewood in 1995.

Officers:
Chairman: Harvey Golub
Senior Managing Director and CEO: Investment Firms

Competitors:
Thomas H. Lee Partners
TPG
Veronis Suhler Stevenson

Ripplewood Holdings

Type	Private
Founded	1995
Founder(s)	Tim Collins
Headquarters	New York, New York
Industry	Private equity
Products	Leveraged buyout, Growth capital, Late stage venture capital
Total assets	$10 billion

Ripplewood is an American private equity firm based in New York, New York^[1] that focuses on leveraged buyouts, late stage venture, growth capital, management buyouts, leveraged recapitalizations and other illiquid investments.

Ripplewood was founded by its current CEO, Tim Collins. The company's main interests range from telecommunications to banking to entertainment. The firm manages more than $10 billion in capital.^[2]

Contents 1 See also 2 Investments 3 Previous Investments 4 References

See also

RHJ International

Investments

• Direct Holdings Worldwide (parent of Time-Life direct marketer)
• Reader's Digest (however this company filed for bankruptcy in August 2009 and Ripplewood is reported to have lost its entire investment)^[3][4]
• SAFT Power Systems (now renamed as AEG Power Solutions (acquired from Alcatel)
• Honsel International Technologies^[5]
• Kraton Polymers
• Interstate Bakeries Corporation^[6]
• Little Chef

Previous Investments

• Shinsei Bank^[7]
• Japan Telecom
• Columbia Music Entertainment
• Denon
• Maytag^[8]
• Lillian Vernon

References

1. ^ http://www.hoovers.com/ripplewood-holdings/--ID__61408--/free-co-factsheet.xhtml
2. ^ "Ripplewood Holdings Announces Completion of Historic Transaction to Acquire Reader's Digest Association; Mary Berner Appointed President and CEO." PR Newswire. PR Newswire Association LLC. March 2, 2007. Retrieved February 04, 2009 from HighBeam Research: http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-160032719.html
3. ^ Lauria, Peter (March 5, 2007). "A Time to Earn". New York Post. http://www.nypost.com/seven/03052007/business/a_time_to_earn_business_peter_lauria.htm. 
4. ^ http://norris.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/08/17/bankrupty-and-readers-digest/
5. ^ [1]
6. ^ Interstate Bakeries emerges from bankruptcy - Business Courier of Cincinnati - February 4, 2009
7. ^ Ripplewood Holdings LLC Company Profile
8. ^ "Maytag Corporation to Be Acquired by Ripplewood for $14 Per Share in Cash." PR Newswire. PR Newswire Association LLC. May 19, 2005. Retrieved February 04, 2009 from HighBeam Research: http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-132576799.html

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