Overview
Founded in 2004, Crestview Partners is a private equity firm with a contrarian orientation focused on the middle market. Crestview is led by a group of partners and leaders in the private equity business, media business and former senior management of Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley. We are value-oriented investors with a prudent and disciplined approach to risk.
Crestview has approximately $4 billion under management. We target $100-250 million equity investments in companies with enterprise values up to $3 billion. Crestview currently manages two private equity fund complexes. Fund I was launched in 2004/2005 with approximately $1.5 billion in capital commitments and is fully invested in 11 companies. Fund II was launched in November 2007 and has approximately $2.4 billion in capital commitments to date.
Distinctive Features
- Alignment of Interest
- The general partner has a substantial participation in both Fund I and Fund II
- Experienced Investment Team with Significant Operating Expertise
- 20+ years of investment experience and direct operating experience in media, healthcare and asset management/financial services
- Proprietary Sourcing Capabilities
- Each of our investments has been generated through our proprietary relationships and exclusive negotiations
- None of our investments has been completed through auction
- Sophisticated and Value Added Investors
- Crestview’s limited partners are a group of successful entrepreneurs and professional investors, first class institutional investors and endowments
- These investors are a valuable resource for Crestview, helping to source, evaluate and provide references on our behalf