Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe
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| Type | Limited liability company |
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| Industry | Private equity |
| Founded | 1979 |
| Founder(s) | Patrick Welsh, Russell Carson, Bruce Anderson, Rick Stowe |
| Headquarters | New York, New York, United States |
| Key people | Jonathan Rather (CFO) Fran Higgins (Director of Investor Relations) |
| Products | Leveraged buyout, Growth capital, Mezzanine capital |
| Total assets | $16 billion |
| Employees | 40+ |
| Website | http://www.welshcarson.com/ |
Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe (Welsh Carson or WCAS) is a private equity investment firm in the United States. Founded in 1979, it has organized 14 limited partnerships with total capital over $16 billion and is currently in the process of raising a new $4 billion private equity fund Welsh, Carson Anderson & Stowe XI. There are approximately 40 publicly traded companies that trace their roots to WCAS.
WCAS has developed a focus on growth companies in two industry sectors:
- Information & Business Services, including outsourcing, information technology, telephone directories and payment processing; and
- Healthcare, including medical devices, pharmaceuticals, hospitals and other medical facilities.
Although historically, WCAS has made investments in telecommunications, the firm moved away from the sector after poor performance adversely impacted the performance of its eighth private equity fund.
WCAS has approximately 40 employees; including 15 general partners; based on Park Avenue in New York City.
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[edit] History
The firm was founded in 1979 by Patrick Welsh and Russell Carson, formerly of Citicorp Venture Capital, the private equity arm of Citicorp (today Citigroup) as well as Bruce Anderson and Rick Stowe.
[edit] Portfolio Investments
In information & business services, current and historical portfolio companies include:
- Alliance Data Systems
- Amdocs Limited
- BISYS Group
- Centennial Communications Corp.
- Dex Media, Inc. which was acquired from Qwest[1] and later merged into R. H. Donnelley (NYSE:RHD)[2]
- FiServ, Inc.
- Local Insight Media, LLC
- SunGard Data Systems, Inc.
- Global Knowledge Training
In healthcare, examples of current or former public companies include
- Aptuit, Inc. (pharmacetical services provider)
- Accuro Health (Nasdaq:ACDO)
- Lincare Holdings (Nasdaq:LNCR)
- National Dentex Corp.
- MedCath Corp. (Nasdaq:MDTH)[3]
- Quorum Health Group which was acquired by Triad Hospitals, Inc.
- Select Medical Corporation[4]
- SHPS (formerly Sykes HealthPlan Services)[5]
- United Surgical Partners International[6][7]
- US Oncology[8]
- Viant Inc.
[edit] Investment Funds
WCAS’s investment funds invest in both larger leveraged buyout transactions and smaller deals through its buy-and-build strategy. The firm’s mezzanine capital funds are used as a captive source of financing for its private equity investments, despite potential conflicts of interest that may arise in the event of a liquidation of a portfolio company.
Since its founding in 1979, WCAS has raised ten private equity funds and four mezzanine capital funds and its 11th private equity fund is expected to be raised by the end of 2008:
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Private Equity
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Mezzanine Debt
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Source: Preqin (Formerly known as Private Equity Intelligence)[10]
[edit] References
- ^ Qwest to Sell Yellow Pages For $7 Billion (New York Times, 2002)
- ^ Donnelley to Acquire Dex Media for $4.2 Billion (Bloomberg, 2005]
- ^ KOHLBERG KRAVIS AND WELSH CARSON ACQUIRING MEDCATH (New York Times, 1998)
- ^ SELECT MEDICAL TO BE TAKEN PRIVATE IN A BUYOUT (New York Times, 2004)
- ^ SYKES SELLS EMPLOYEE BENEFITS UNIT IN RESTRUCTURING (New York Times, 2004)
- ^ Duncan, Walker (2007=01=08). "Welsh Carson takes Surgis parent private". Nashville Post. http://www.nashvillepost.com/news/2007/1/8/dallas_united_surgical_partners_agrees_to_welsh_carson_buyout_.
- ^ United Surgical to Be Bought by Equity Firm for $1.8 Billion (New York Times, 2007)
- ^ US ONCOLOGY AGREES TO $1.3 BILLION ACQUISITION(New York Times, 2004)
- ^ Welsh, Carson sets out to raise $4.5bn (The Independent, 2008)
- ^ Preqin
[edit] External links
- Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe (Official Website)
- Hoovers Business Listing
- Yahoo! Finance listing
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