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Thomas H. Lee Partners is a leading private equity firm based in Boston, MA. We focus on identifying and obtaining substantial ownership positions in large growth-oriented companies where we can add managerial and strategic expertise to create value for our partners. As one of the oldest and most experienced private equity firms, Thomas H. Lee Partners has raised approximately $20 billion of equity capital and invested in more than 100 businesses with an aggregate purchase price of more than $150 billion. We seek to build companies of lasting value while generating superior returns for our investors and operating partners.
Focused Business Model
Thomas H. Lee Partners targets companies that can capitalize on key competitive advantages to increase revenue and free cash flow through market growth, market share gains, distribution or product line expansion and/or market consolidation. Target companies’ identifiable strengths include well-recognized brand names, dominant market share positions, unique product features and/or distribution, manufacturing or other cost advantages.
Thomas H. Lee Partners emphasizes free cash flow as the key measure of profitability and has substantial expertise in enhancing the business of its portfolio companies. Thomas H. Lee Partners actively works with portfolio companies to drive free cash flow growth by expanding their product lines and market potential, increasing resources, establishing effective systems, augmenting management and pursuing acquisitions. We also look for the ability to improve underlying operations through increased efficiencies. Thomas H. Lee Partners’ growth-oriented strategy emphasizes the overall appreciation in the enterprise value of an acquired company rather than just the repayment of acquisition debt. Our investment philosophy is based on assuming a leadership role in our investments that will enable us to effect change and achieve our investment objectives.
Experienced Team with Significant Continuity
Thomas H. Lee Partners fosters a culture of partnership and teamwork which is instrumental to our success. We have one of the largest complements of senior partners in the buyout business and emphasize a hands-on approach to investing. Our 13 senior investment partners have an average of approximately 20 years of professional experience and 13 years of experience at Thomas H. Lee Partners. We rely on the collective experience, knowledge and relationships resident in this team and believe that the continuity and depth of experience among our senior professionals distinguishes us from our peers.
Our investment professionals focus on industries where we can capitalize on our significant knowledge, expertise and deep relationships. We believe that our industry specialization allows us to identify and capture attractive investment opportunities and drive increased value through attracting and building industry leading management teams, developing detailed operating plans and pro-actively working with management on key strategic operating and personnel decisions.
We focus our investment activity in three sectors:
- Business & Financial Services
- Consumer & Healthcare
- Media & Information Services
Leading Franchise in Growth Buyouts
Thomas H. Lee Partners has been executing growth buyouts for nearly 40 years. Our partners understand the fundamentals and risks of growth company investing and have experience investing across numerous business cycles. Thomas H. Lee Partners’ investment record, reputation and brand have created an industry-leading franchise which generates high quality investment opportunities. In the course of investing a fund, we pay strict attention to the underlying drivers of revenue and profitability for each investment. In constructing a diversified portfolio, Thomas H. Lee Partners focuses on the absolute size of an investment, number of investments, investment pacing, industry concentration and interrelationships among existing portfolio companies.
