Permira is a private equity firm from Europe. Since its inception, the firm has managed approximately EUR 20 billion of committed capital and made almost 200 private equity investments. Since 2000, the funds have returned around EUR 14 billion in cash.
Founded in 1985, Permira has more than 120 professionals based in Frankfurt, Guernsey, Hong Kong, London, Luxembourg, Madrid, Menlo Park, Milan, New York, Paris, Stockholm and Tokyo.
Permira’s investors are public pension funds, publicly listed funds, government entities, institutional fund managers, corporate pension funds, insurance companies, charities & foundations and banks. Geographically, the investors are from Europe, North America, Far East and Middle East.
Permira focuses its investments in five key business sectors:
- Consumer: particularly on retail, leisure, food & beverage and luxury goods industries. Permira has made 37% of its private equity investments in this sector since 1997.
- Financial Services: particularly on asset & wealth management, P & C insurance and the financial infrastructure & services. The firm has made 9% of its private equity investments in this sector since 1997.
- Healthcare: including generics, specialty pharmaceuticals, CMOs, consumer-facing medical technology businesses and diagnostic companies. Permira has made 3% of its private equity investments in this sector since 1997.
- Industrial: particularly on quality chemical and industrial assets. The firm has made 19% of its private equity investments in this sector since 1997.
- TMT: including satellite operators, market-leading software providers, online commerce vendors, digital content production and distribution companies. Permira has made 32% of its private equity investments in this sector since 1997.
The firm’s current investments:
- Consumer: Cortefiel, Galaxy Entertainment Group, Hugo Boss and Valentino, iglo Group, Maxeda, New Look, Sisal and Telepizza.
- Financial Services: AA Saga (Acromas) and Just Retirement.
- Healthcare: Creganna-Tactx Medical.
- Industrial: Arysta LifeScience, BakerCorp, Marazzi Group and Netafim.
- TMT: All3Media, Asia Broadcast Satellite (ABS), Freescale, NDS, OdigeO, ProSiebenSat.1, Renaissance Learning, Seat PG and TDC.
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