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| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Private equity |
| Founded | 1988 |
| Headquarters | New York City, New York, United States |
| Services | Leveraged buyout |
| Website | www |
Vestar Capital Partners is an American private equity firm focusing on leveraged buyout transactions in middle-market companies in the United States.
The firm, which was founded in 1988, is headquartered in New York City with offices in Boston, Massachusetts and Denver, Colorado, in the U.S.[1]
Vestar is a leading private equity firm specializing in management buyouts and growth capital investments. Vestar was founded in 1988 by principals of The First Boston Corporation’s Management Buyout Group.[2] As of 2017, four of the original founders—Daniel O'Connell, Norman Alpert, Robert Rosner, and James Kelley—were still with the firm.[3]
Since the firm's founding in 1988, the Vestar funds have completed more than 80 investments in companies with a total value of more than $46 billion.
In 2013, Vestar Capital acquired a majority stake in Roland Foods Corporation.[4] The firm acquired Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) from MSCI in 2014 for $364 million.[5]
Between 1988 and 2019, Vestar raised seven private equity funds with total investor commitments of more than $8 billion. The first six of those funds have been fully invested.