Thayer Hidden Creek

Thayer Hidden Creek

Type	Limited liability company
Industry	Private Equity
Founded	1994
Headquarters	Washington, DC, United States
Key people	Fred Malek, Founder and Chairman
Products	Investments, private equity funds
Website	www.thayercapital.com

Thayer | Hidden Creek is a Washington, DC-based private equity firm.

Profile

Since its inception in June 1994, Thayer has invested in over 30 portfolio companies with total revenue in excess of $3 billion.^[1]

Ivor J. Evans - Vice Chairman of Union Pacific, 2004–05
James J. Forese - CEO of Ikon, 1998–2002
Fred Malek - Co-chairman, John McCain national finance committee
Paul G. Stern - CEO of Northern Telecom, 1989–93
William Cohen - US Secretary of Defense, 1997-01
Richard K. Davidson - CEO of Union Pacific, 1991–2006
Donald V. Fites - CEO of Caterpillar, 1990–99
Daniel A. Dickinson - Director, Caterpillar
Roger Penske - automotive executive
Dan Altobello - Former Chairman of the Board, Onex Food Services, Inc.
Norman Ralph Augustine - Former Chairman and CEO of Lockheed Martin Corporation
Nick Chabraja - Chairman and CEO of General Dynamics
Bob Eaton - Former Chairman and CEO of Chrysler Corporation
Jack Kemp - former U.S. Representative, former Secretary of Housing and Urban Development

Private equity and venture capital investment firms

Investment strategy	Venture · Growth · Mezzanine · Secondaries · Leveraged buyout

History	History of private equity and venture capital · Early history of private equity · Private equity in the 1980s · Private equity in the 1990s · Private equity in the 2000s

Investors	Corporations · Institutional Investors · Pension funds · Insurance companies · Endowments · Investment Banks · Merchant banks · Fund of funds · High net worth individuals · Angel investors · Family offices · Sovereign wealth funds

Private equity firms · Venture capital firms · Portfolio companies