Type Private Website www.crestview.com Number of employees 30 | Products Private equity Founded 2004 Total assets 4 billion USD | |
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Industry Financial services, Investment management Headquarters New York City, New York, United States | ||
Crestview Partners is a private equity firm focused on leveraged buyout, growth capital and distressed-for-control investments in companies across a range of industries. Crestview focuses on companies in four sectors: financial services, media/cable, healthcare and energy.
The firm, which is based in New York City, was founded in 2004. The Crestview team, which includes Barry Volpert, Thomas Murphy and Bob Hurst, had all previously worked together at Goldman Sachs. The firm has raised approximately $4 billion since inception across two funds. Crestview completed fundraising for its first fund in 2005 with approximately $1.5 billion in investor commitments. That fund was invested in 11 companies from 2004 through 2007. The firm began raising its second fund in November 2007 and raised approximately $2.4 billion in commitments.
Among the firm's most notable investments are the following companies: