AEA Investors

AEA Investors LP
Type	Private
Industry	Private equity
Founded	1968; 53 years ago
Headquarters	; New York City, New York, United States
Key people	John Garcia (CEO and Chairman)
Services	Leveraged buyout, Growth capital, Mezzanine capital
AUM	US$15 billion
Website	www.aeainvestors.com

AEA Investors is an American middle market private equity firm. The firm focuses on leveraged buyout, growth capital, and mezzanine capital investments in manufacturing, service, distribution, specialty chemicals, consumer product, and business services companies in the middle market. The firm makes investments primarily in the US and Europe, and periodically invests in Asia as well.

AEA was founded in 1968 to make investments on behalf of S.G. Warburg & Co. as well as the Rockefeller, Mellon, and Harriman families. AEA was formally founded as American European Associates.^[2]

AEA is headquartered in New York City with offices in Stamford, Connecticut, London, Munich, and Shanghai.^[3] From 1998 until 2011, the firm was chaired by Vincent Mai. John Garcia is the current CEO and Chairman.^[4]

Fund raising[]

Since 1983, the firm has raised more than $15 billion of capital from high-net-worth individuals and institutional investors across its private equity and debt funds.

Middle Market Private Equity:

$500 million - AEA Fund I
$1.0 billion - AEA Fund II
2003 - $1.2 billion - AEA Fund III Investment Program
2006 - $1.5 billion - AEA Fund IV Investment Program
2012 - $2.4 billion - AEA Fund V Investment Program
2016 - $3.2 billion - AEA Fund VI Investment Program

Small Business Private Equity:

2004 - $286 million - AEA Small Business Fund I
2009 - $350 million - AEA Small Business Fund II
2016 - $443 million - AEA Small Business Fund III

Mezzanine Debt:

2005 - $600 million (includes leverage) - AEA Mezzanine Fund I
2008 - $420 million - AEA Mezzanine Fund II
2013 - $575 million - AEA Mezzanine Fund III

Middle Market Debt:

2007 - $320 million (includes leverage) - AEA Middle Market Debt Fund I
2011 - $410 million (includes leverage) - AEA Middle Market Debt Fund II
2012 - $220 million (includes leverage) - AEA Middle Market Debt Fund IIP

Investments[]

Evoqua Water Technologies LLC
Acosta Inc.^[5]
Hospitalists Management Group, LLC
NCGA holdings
Behavioral Interventions Inc.^[6]
Suncoast Roofing Supply^[7]
Houghton International^[8]
Unifrax Corporation
Pregis
CPG International
Henry Corporation
Convenience Food Systems
Singer Equities
Burt's Bees (sold to Clorox in 2007)
Brand Networks
Pro Mach Group, Inc.
Dayton Parts, LLC.
24 Hour Fitness
Jack's
Veseris

Notes[]

^ "Biopartner". Archived from the original on 2013-10-29. Retrieved 2013-08-02.
^ "History". AEA Investors. 2014. Retrieved July 12, 2014.
^ "By Location". AEA Investors. 2014. Retrieved July 12, 2014.
^ "AEA Team: John L. Garcia". AEA Investors. 2014. Retrieved July 12, 2014.
^ "Acosta Sales and Marketing Secures New Investment from AEA Investors".
^ "Fried Frank Media Relations".
^ "The Big Deal: AEA Sells CPG International for $1.5 Billion".
^ "Gulf Oil of India to Buy Houghton International for $1 Billion".

References[]

Dale Electronics To Be Acquired. New York Times, 1984
Executives Join In Caressa. New York Times, 1984
James River's About To Invent Itself Again. New York Times, 1990
COMPANY NEWS; James River to Sell Special Paper Unit. New York Times, 1991
An Empire Built on Steel Rods. New York Times, 1992
COMPANY NEWS; SPECIALTY COATINGS SOLD FOR $424 MILLION. New York Times, 1993
COMPANY NEWS; PILKINGTON IS SELLING ITS SOLA EYEGLASS UNIT. New York Times, 1993
COMPANY NEWS; KLOSTER TO SELL 2 CRUISE LINES FOR $565 MILLION. New York Times, 1993
COMPANY NEWS; ARMSTRONG WORLD PLANS THE MERGER OF TILE CONCERNS. New York Times, 1995
How to Succeed in Nonprofits by Really Trying. New York Times, 1995
Ciba-Geigy Selling Its Scales Division. New York Times, 1996
PURCHASE OF GRACO CHILDREN'S PRODUCTS IS SET. New York Times, 1996
Key Division To Be Sold By Corning. New York Times, 1997
Rand McNally To Sell Control. New York Times, 1997
James C. Dudley, 77, Investment Adviser. New York Times, 1998
GOODRICH SELLS CHEMICALS UNIT FOR $1.4 BILLION. New York Times, 2000
At Rand McNally, Is the Future Drawn to Scale?. New York Times, 2002
DEAL REACHED FOR CONTROL OF RAND McNALLY. New York Times, 2003
AEA sells Burt's Bees to Clorox for $925m. , 2007

External links[]

AEA Investors (company website)

[aeainvestors.com-1] "Biopartner". Archived from the original on 2013-10-29. Retrieved 2013-08-02.

[2] "History". AEA Investors. 2014. Retrieved July 12, 2014.

[3] "By Location". AEA Investors. 2014. Retrieved July 12, 2014.

[4] "AEA Team: John L. Garcia". AEA Investors. 2014. Retrieved July 12, 2014.

[5] "Acosta Sales and Marketing Secures New Investment from AEA Investors".

[6] "Fried Frank Media Relations".

[7] "The Big Deal: AEA Sells CPG International for $1.5 Billion".

[8] "Gulf Oil of India to Buy Houghton International for $1 Billion".

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