Permira

Permira
Type Limited liability partnership
Industry Private Equity
Founded 1985
Headquarters London, United Kingdom
Products Leveraged Buyout
Employees N/A
Website www.permira.com

Permira is a United Kingdom-based private equity firm with global reach. The firm advises funds with a total committed capital of approximately €20 billion.

Permira was founded in 1985, has made over 190 private equity investments and has returned €16 billion to investors over the past decade. Permira have an international team of investment professionals with a wide range of backgrounds and experiences.

Permira is wholly independent and owned by its Partners. The firm is led by two co-managing partners, Kurt Björklund and Tom Lister. The firm's teams are based in Frankfurt, Guernsey, Hong Kong, London, Luxembourg, Madrid, Menlo Park, Milan, New York, Paris, Stockholm and Tokyo. Permira specialise in five key sectors of activity: Consumer, Financial Services, Healthcare, Industrials and TMT (Technology, Media, Telecommunications).

To meet the desire of their professionals and to give something back to their communities, Permira works with a number of social initiatives.

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Investors in the Permira Funds

Permira’s latest fund (Permira IV) has over 180 institutional investors including:

Recent Permira Funds Investments

Current investments

The firm is currently invested in the following companies:

References and footnotes

  1. ^ "European private equity firm to buy Renaissance Learning" The Business Journal, 16 August 2011
  2. ^ "Birds Eye brands sold for £1.1bn" BBC news, 28 August 2006
  3. ^ Captain Birds Eye actor dies, The Guardian, 20 March 2008
  4. ^ "Just Retirement sold for €298m" Permira, 27 November 2009

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