Top Private Equity Firms in Chicago

The top leading private equity firms in Chicago (Illinois, USA) include Madison Dearborn Partners, Edgewater Funds, GTCR, Willis Stein & Partners, CIVC Partners, and Pfingsten Partners.

Madison Dearborn Partners, LLC (MDP), based in Chicago, is one of the most experienced and successful private equity investment firms in the United States. MDP invests in management buyout and other private equity transactions across a broad spectrum of industries. The limited partners in MDP's investment funds include many of the biggest endowments, public and private pension funds, and financial institutions in the U.S., as well as established institutional investors in Asia, Europe and Australia.

Edgewater Funds is a premier private equity firm based in Chicago, Illinois. Edgewater Growth Capital Partners’ investment strategy focuses on funding profitable middle market companies. The firm invests in industries including: business services, financial and government services, consumer products and services, health care services, etc.

GTCR is one of the leading private equity firms in the country. GTCR and its management leaders strive to build companies that have substantial strategic value to prospective acquirers.

Willis Stein & Partners is a leading Chicago-based private equity firm that invests in the consumer services, education and specialized business services sectors of the economy. Its target investments include buy-outs, build-ups, carve-outs from large companies, public-to-private transactions and acquisitions of family-owned businesses.

CIVC Partners is a leading Chicago-based private equity firm. It provides growth and buyout capital to middle-market companies and executives engaged in business services, financial services, and marketing and information services.

Pfingsten Partners is an operationally focused private equity firm founded in 1989, with headquarters in Chicago. The firm has executed strategic add-on acquisitions in Canada, Europe, UK, Central and South America and Asia for its companies to increase revenue or reduce production costs.

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