By the numbers
Committed to lasting impact
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 others’ success. We know that great outcomes come from diverse 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.
Our purpose, values, and commitment to lasting impact start with our people.
Our people are the heart of our advantage. We are intellectually curious, asking incisive questions, respectfully challenging one another, and striving to succeed together. Actively participating in high-stakes problem-solving is how we’ve grown and will continue to grow because we know that our impact is greater together.
Partnership is at our core
With colleagues
Founded as a private partnership in 1984, we have fostered a culture of innovation, entrepreneurialism, and agility, empowering our people to define and own their career trajectories. Today, our partnership approach allows us to pursue strategic platform growth and creates a shared commitment to cross-platform collaboration.
With partners
Our enduring relationships with leading experts and executives extend outside our firm to include partners, counterparties, and community organizations. By connecting deep and diverse expertise across our global networks, we unlock breakthrough insight and unseen opportunity.
With management
Management teams at portfolio companies experience our partnership approach in action. We dive into each organization with analytic rigor and quickly align the resources best equipped to understand and enhance the unique financial, operational, and cultural dynamics. Led by the conviction of what makes a good company great, we work closely with management teams through growth stages and strategic pivots by challenging conventional thinking and continuously striving for scaled improvement.
