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Sun Capital Partners, founded in 1995, is a prominent investment firm specializing in private equity, debt, leveraged buyouts, and other investments focused on established companies in positions of industry leadership where value growth can be produced through the application of management expertise.
The firm targets investments in companies with revenues between $50 million and $5 billion, with proven long-term market leadership potential in industries with high barriers to entry, and is able to commit over $2 billion of capital to a single transaction. Sun Capital has invested in over 210 companies, with a total of more than $40 billion in sales and over 170,000 employees, and has $8 billion of capital currently under management.
With a large staff and the ability to develop transactions quickly and decisively without the necessity of external financing, Sun Capital has the potential to close deals within thirty days, instead of the three to six months common to other firms.
Well-known Sun Capital Partners portfolio companies include kitchen and bath fixture manufacturer American Standard, restaurant franchiser Boston Market Corporation, aircraft maintenance service company Pemco World Air Services, and specialty food retailer Hickory Farms.
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