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Olympus Partners 
Type Limited liability company Industry Private Equity Founded 1988 Founder(s) Robert S. Morris Headquarters Stamford, Connecticut, United States Products Private equity funds, Leveraged buyout, Growth capital Total assets $3.1 billion Employees 20 Website www.olympuspartners.com Olympus Partners is a private equity firm focusing on leveraged buyout and growth capital transactions. Although the firm invests in a wide array of industries, over time it has focused more on six industry groups:
- Business services,
- Logistics and transportation services,
- Healthcare manufacturing and services,
- Financial services,
- Consumer and restaurants,
- Software and IT services.
The firm is headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut with approximately 20 employees. Among the firm’s most notable current and prior investments are Ann's House of Nuts, Ariel Re, Entrust,K-MAC Enterprises, Nebraska Book Company, New Vision Television, Symmetry Medical, Tempest Re, and TravelCenters of America. Since its inception, Olympus has made investments in over 50 companies.
History
Olympus Partners was founded in 1988 by Robert S. Morris, who had previously served as Senior Vice President of General Electric Investment Corporation, where he managed General Electric Pension Trust's $1.6 billion private equity portfolio.
Since its inception in 1988, Olympus has raised five institutional private equity funds, with total investor commitments of approximately $3.1 billion:
- 1990 - Olympus Private Placement Fund - $101 million
- 1994 – Olympus Growth Fund II - $268 million
- 1998 – Olympus Growth Fund III - $505 million
- 2003 – Olympus Growth Fund IV - $758 million
- 2007 – Olympus Growth Fund V- $1.53 billion
References
- Northern Telecom Sells 25% Of Internet Company New York Times, January 3, 1997
- Company News; Investment Group Buys Nebraska Textbook Company. New York Times, February 18, 1998
- Harbour Group sells Homax unit for $100 million. St. Louis Business Journal, February 9, 2004
External links
- Olympus Partners (company website)
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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 2000sInvestors Institutional Investors · Pension funds · Insurance companies · Endowments · Investment Banks · Merchant banks · Fund of funds · High net worth individuals · Angel investors · Family offices · Sovereign wealth fundsPrivate equity firms · Venture capital firms · Portfolio companies Categories:- Private equity firm stubs
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- Private equity firms
- Financial companies established in 1988
- Companies based in Fairfield County, Connecticut
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