ABRY Partners

ABRY Partners
Private Ownership, Limited liability company
Industry Private Equity
Founded 1989
Headquarters 111 Huntington Avenue
Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
Products Investments, private equity funds
Total assets $2.8 billion
Number of employees
 20
Website www.ABRY.com

ABRY Partners is a private equity firm headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts that focuses on investments in media. Since 1989, the firm has completed over $18.0 billion of leveraged transactions and other private equity and mezzanine investments, representing investments in more than 450 media properties.

Current and previous areas of investment include cable television, publishing, radio and television broadcasting, and other media and communications sectors.

Previous ABRY logo, in use through 2010

Notable past, present, and future investments includeAct III Broadcasting, Cygnus Business Media, Nexstar Broadcasting Group, Muzak Holdings, Legendary Pictures, Consolidated Theatres, F+W Media, Language Line, Citadel Broadcasting, Monitronics and RCN Corporation.

Senior Investment Professionals at ABRY include: Andrew Banks, Royce Yudkoff, Peggy Koenig, Jay Grossman, Erik Brooks, Peni Garber, and John Hunt.

In October 2010, ABRY Partners acquisition of Outsourced staffing provider 'Comforce Corp' (CFS) for $84.8 million.[1]

Selected Investments

Notable past investments include Cygnus Business Media, F+W Media, Muzak Holdings, Legendary Pictures, Consolidated Theatres and Citadel Broadcasting.

References

  1. ↑ "Comforce Agrees To Be Acquired By P-E Firm ABRY For $84.8M". Wall Street journal. Retrieved 2 November 2010.
  2. ↑ "Act III to sell 8 TV Stations" Los Angeles Times, June 22, 1995

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