Ripplewood Holdings
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| Type | Private |
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| Industry | Private equity |
| Founded | 1995 |
| Founder(s) | Tim Collins |
| Headquarters | New York, New York, United States |
| Products | Leveraged buyout, Growth capital, Late stage venture capital |
| Total assets | $10 billion |
Ripplewood is an American private equity firm based in New York, New York[1] that focuses on leveraged buyouts, late stage venture, growth capital, management buyouts, leveraged recapitalizations and other illiquid investments.
Ripplewood was founded by its current CEO, Tim Collins. The company's main interests range from telecommunications to banking to entertainment. The firm manages more than $10 billion in capital.[2]
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[edit] See also
[edit] Investments
- Direct Holdings Worldwide (parent of Time-Life direct marketer)
- SAFT Power Systems (now renamed as AEG Power Solutions (acquired from Alcatel)
- Honsel International Technologies[3]
- Kraton Polymers
- Interstate Bakeries Corporation[4]
- Little Chef
[edit] Previous Investments
- Shinsei Bank[5]
- Japan Telecom
- Columbia Music Entertainment
- Denon
- Lillian Vernon
- The Reader's Digest Association (the company filed for bankruptcy in August 2009 and Ripplewood lost its entire investment)[6][7]
- Edwards Fine Foods (sold to Schwan Food Company in 2001)
[edit] References
- ^ http://www.hoovers.com/ripplewood-holdings/--ID__61408--/free-co-factsheet.xhtml
- ^ "Ripplewood Holdings Announces Completion of Historic Transaction to Acquire Reader's Digest Association; Mary Berner Appointed President and CEO." PR Newswire. PR Newswire Association LLC. March 2, 2007. Retrieved February 04, 2009 from HighBeam Research: http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-160032719.html
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- ^ Interstate Bakeries emerges from bankruptcy - Business Courier of Cincinnati - February 4, 2009
- ^ Ripplewood Holdings LLC Company Profile
- ^ Lauria, Peter (March 5, 2007). "A Time to Earn". New York Post. http://www.nypost.com/seven/03052007/business/a_time_to_earn_business_peter_lauria.htm.
- ^ Norris, Floyd (August 17, 2009). "Bankruptcy and Reader's Digest". The New York Times. http://norris.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/08/17/bankrupty-and-readers-digest/. Retrieved May 22, 2010.
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