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Founded in 1992, Madison Dearborn Partners, LLC (MDP) is a private equity firm based in Chicago, with five active funds including a total of over $14.1 billion in investments.
Madison Dearborn focuses on management buyouts, structured growth/equity transactions, and other types of private equity investment in a variety of sectors such as Healthcare, Financial Services, Communications, Energy and Power, Consumer, and Basic Industries, which includes industries such as metals, building products, chemicals, paper, construction materials, packaging, and other cyclical and non-cyclical segments.
Madison Dearborn generally targets investments between $100 million and $600 million per management buyout transaction, and between $100 million and $400 million per structured transaction or growth equity investment, although more capital can be committed in a single transaction. MDP buyout transactions are frequently focused on recapitalizations of closely-held companies seeking to raise capital without going public or sacrificing ownership. Structured or growth equity transactions generally include companies looking to fund rapid growth, internal restructuring, or mergers and acquisitions.
Prominent companies invested in by Madison Dearborn Partners include candle maker Yankee Candle, Univision Communications, LA Fitness, computer equipment and services reseller CDW, and The Topps Company, maker of baseball cards.
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