About Bain Capital
We are one of the world’s leading private investment firms with approximately $185 billion in assets under management that creates lasting impact for our investors, teams, businesses and the communities in which we live. Founded in 1984, we pioneered a consulting-based approach to private equity investing, partnering closely with management teams to offer the insights that challenge conventional thinking, build great businesses and improve operations. Over time, we have organically expanded this approach across asset classes to build one of the strongest alternative asset platforms in the world.
Today, our teams strive to create value through private equity, public equity, fixed income, credit, venture capital and real estate investments across multiple sectors, industries, and geographies. We believe that our people and the shared values we’ve espoused since our founding remain the core of our competitive advantage. This has empowered us to deliver an enduring impact to a diverse group of investors including pensions, endowments, foundations and individuals.
Our Purpose and Values
We invest and engage in business to drive positive and lasting impact for companies, employees, communities and the environment.
We develop exceptional partnerships
We are personally invested in each other's success. We know that great outcomes come from diverse and inclusive teams.
We challenge conventional thinking
We think differently. We nurture a culture of deeply objective inquiry and seek the full potential in every opportunity. We respect the power of facts.
We work with tenacity
We roll up our sleeves, dig in, and come to work every day searching for better outcomes. We relentlessly tackle tough problems. We see things through.
We believe character matters
We embrace personal integrity, humility and citizenship. We act with empathy and conviction.
Hear from our team about the values that unite Bain Capital.
Your Opportunity
Bain Capital offers you the opportunity to build a rewarding career where you can…
- Accelerate your professional growth with supportive leaders who invest in you
- Be individually empowered and accountable as part of a collaborative, diverse, and inclusive team
- Act with confidence but also humility
- Own your work and its outcomes while driving positive impact in all we do
- Share in a culture of excellence with a continuous improvement mindset
If you are interested in joining our team, click here to explore current open positions. Individuals seeking investment positions should inquire through their universities.
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Our History
In 1984, former Bain & Company partners founded Bain Capital as a private partnership focused on deploying management consulting strategy to private equity investing. Since our founding, Bain Capital has remained highly aligned to our limited partners and grown to become one of the world’s largest private, multi-asset investing firms. Bain Capital is a private, employee-owned company.
BAIN CAPITAL MILESTONES
Bain Capital Private Equity
founded in Boston
Fund I raised $37M
Fund II raised $106M
Fund III raised $60M
Fund IV raised $300M
Fund V raised $500M
Bain Capital Public Equity founded in Boston
Bain Capital Credit
founded in Boston
Fund VI raised $1.2B
Inception of first U.S.
cash flow Collateralized
Loan Obligation (“CLO”)
(Great Point 1999-1)
Opening of
London office
Opening of
New York office
Bain Capital Ventures
founded in Boston
Fund VII raised $3.1B
Inception of
Senior Loan (“SL”)
Strategy
First Europe Fund
(VII-E) raised
$500M
Fund 2001 raised $250M
Opening of Munich office
Opening of Luxembourg office
Launch of the Credit Opportunities Program ("COPs")
Credit Opportunities I ("COPs I") holds final close
Fund VIII raised $4.1B
Second Europe Fund
(VIII-E) raised €1B
Fund 2005 raised $258M
Opening of Shanghai, Tokyo, and Hong Kong Offices
Opening of Chicago and London Offices
Acquires and assumes management of Katonah Collateralized Loan Obligations ("CLOs")
Credit Opportunities II (“COPs II”) holds final close
Fund IX raised $10B
Inception of first Euro cash flow Collateralized Loan Obligation (“CLO”) (Nash Point I)
First Asia Fund (A-I) raised
Credit Opportunities III (“COPs III”) holds final close
Fund 2007 raised $500M
Fund X raised $11.8B
Opening of Mumbai office
Third Europe Fund (E-III) raised €3.5B
Credit Opportunities IV (“COPs IV”) holds final close
Opening of New York office
Inception of Bain Capital Senior Loan Fund, LP (“SLF”)
Fund 2009 raised $467 million
Bain Capital Middle Market Credit ("MMC 10") holds final close
Opening of Palo Alto office
Second Asia Fund (A-II) raised $2B
Inception of Bain Capital High Income Partnership, LP (“HIP”)
Fund 2012 raised $600M
Opening of New York office
Opening of
Melbourne office
Bain Capital Distressed and Special Situations 2013 (“DSS 13”) holds final close
Inception of Senior Direct Lending ("SDL") Strategy
Bain Capital Middle Market Credit 14 (“MMC 14”) holds final close
CLO Partners (“CLOPs”) holds final close
Opening of Dublin office
Opening of
Hong Kong office
Fund XI raised $6.5B
Fund 2014 raised $650M Coinvestment Fund I raised $200M
Fourth Europe Fund (E-IV) raised €3.5B
Launch of Bain Capital Senior Loan Fund’s Socially Responsible Investment, LP (“SRI”) sleeve
Opening of San Francisco office
Bain Capital Double
Impact founded
Opening of Sydney office
Bain Capital Direct Lending 2015 holds final close
Third Asia Fund (A-III) raised $3B
Acquires and assumes management of Collateralized Loan Obligation (“CLO”) Cavalry II, III, IV, and V
Bain Capital Life Sciences founded
Fund 2016 raised $600 million
Distressed and Special Situations 16 (“DSS 16”) holds final close
Bain Capital Specialty Finance, Inc., a Business Development Company (BDC), launches
Opening of
Sydney office
Inception of Bain Capital Structured Credit Fund (“SCF”)
Life Sciences Fund I closed $600M
Double Impact Fund I closed $350M
Fund XII raised $8B
Opening of Guangzhou office
Opening of Madrid office
Opening of Seoul office
Bain Capital Real Estate founded in Boston
Bain Capital Special Situations Asia holds final close
Fifth Europe Fund (E-V) raised €4.35B
Bain Capital Partnership Strategies commercialized
Bain Capital Specialty Finance, Inc. IPO
Fund 2019 raised $650M
Coinvestment Fund II raised $250M
Fourth Asia Fund (A-IV) raised $4B
Bain Capital Tech Opportunities founded in Boston
Opening of Mumbai office
Bain Capital Special Situations Europe holds final close
Life Sciences Fund II raised $975M
Real Estate Fund I raised $1.5B
Opening of Singapore office
Bain Capital By the Numbers
BAIN CAPITAL FOUNDED
From our founding as a private equity firm, we’ve extended our approach across asset classes to include public equity, credit, venture capital and real estate. And, we leverage our shared platform to capture cross-asset class opportunities in strategic areas of focus.
OFFICES WORLDWIDE
Our offices span four continents with locations in Boston, Chicago, Dublin, Guangzhou, Hong Kong, Lisbon, London, Luxembourg, Madrid, Mauritius, Melbourne, Mumbai, Munich, New York, Osaka, Palo Alto, San Francisco, Seoul, Shanghai, Singapore, Sydney and Tokyo.
TEAM MEMBERS
Our people are the core of our competitive advantage—the greatest outcomes come from great teams.