Riordan, Lewis & Haden

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company_
company_name = Riordan, Lewis & Haden
company_type = Private Ownership
founder = Richard Riordan, Chris Lewis and Pat Haden
foundation = 1988
location =
industry = Private Equity
products = Private equity funds, Growth capital
assets =
homepage = [http://www.rlhequity.com/ www.rlhequity.com]

Riordan, Lewis & Haden, better known as RLH Equity Partners, is a private equity firm based in Los Angeles that focuses on investments in the smaller end of the middle market.

The company is headed by Richard Riordan, the former Mayor of Los Angeles; Chris Lewis and Pat Haden, a former quarterback for the Los Angeles Rams and the University of Southern California.

Investments

In 2007, RLH completed fundraising for its most recent private equity fund with $265 million of investor commitments. RLH anticipates investing the bulk of its capital in companies located throughout Southern California. RLH, which was originally founded in 1988 to focus on venture capital, today focuses on providing growth capital for middle-market companies.

History

The firm traces its roots back to Riordan, Freeman & Spogli a private equity firm founded in 1983 by Richard Riordan, Bradford Freeman and Ronald P. Spogli.

Co-founder Richard Riordan, who would later go on to serve as Mayor of Los Angeles, had been an attorney and a had made substantial personal investments in technology companies. After joining the firm, Riordan focused primarily on venture capital investments computer, medical and semiconductor companies. Prior to co-founding Freeman Spogli, Bradford Freeman and Ronald P. Spogli had been a Managing Directors in the Corporate Finance Department at Dean Witter Reynolds. [cite web |url= http://www.penningtonpc.com/bio.html |title= Managing Principal |publisher= penningtonpc.com |accessdate=2007-10-18]

Riordan separated from the other two partners in 1988, when they decided to specialize primarily in larger leveraged buyouts of more mature companies. Riordan relinquished his general partner position in the firm to form a venture capital firm called Riordan, Lewis & Haden with J. Christopher Lewis and former Los Angeles Rams quarterback Pat Haden. Following Riordan's departure the firm was renamed Freeman, Spogli & Co.

References

*"Riordan Lewis & Haden" "Los Angeles Business Journal", May 16, 2005
*"RLH Raises Follow-up Fund: Riordan, Lewis & Haden has star power, but the firm has never relied on its celebrity", "Investment Dealers Digest". May 21, 2007
* "Wall Street Roundup; Riordan Lewis raises $265 million", "Los Angeles Times". May 2, 2007

External links

* [http://www.rlhequity.com/ Riordan, Lewis & Haden] (company website)