Warburg Pincus
Warburg Pincus, LLC is a US-based private equity firm based in New York City, which manages more than 40 billion private equity.
Company Profile
Warburg Pincus is acting with a focus on growth financing. The portfolio includes companies in the consumer goods, industry and services, energy, financial services, healthcare, real estate and technology, media & telecommunications ( TMT). So far, 13 private equity funds have been launched, of which about $ 45 billion (as of July 2013) has been invested in over 675 companies in 35 countries. Currently invested Warburg Pincus from a global fund, which was closed in 2013 with an investment volume of 11.2 billion U.S. dollars.
History
The company's roots go back to Eric M. Warburg, who belonged to the German banker Warburg family. In 1939 he founded E. M. as a financial investor Warburg & in New York City. Co
As Warburg in 1965 returned to Germany, took over Lionel Pincus, a former partner of Ladenburg Thalmann investment bank, shops. 1966 merged E. M. Warburg Pincus & Co. with Lionel I. The new company was called now EM Warburg, Pincus & Co.
Lionel Pincus led the company from 1966 to 2002. He died in 2009.
1983 Warburg Pincus began his investment activities in Europe. In 1994, the first office was opened in Asia.
Today, the company is his partner owned and operated by the Co - President Charles Kaye and Joseph Landy.
Warburg Pincus in Germany
In Germany, Warburg Pincus has maintained an office in Frankfurt am Main. The seat is located in the Liebig Strasse 53, the former house of Alois Alzheimer. The Warburg Pincus Germany GmbH is headed by Lars Singbartl. The investment focus is on medium-sized companies in the technology, media & telecommunications, healthcare and energy. These include, among other things, Easy Cash and United Internet. Currently, Warburg Pincus holds a stake in Kontron, a provider of embedded computer technology.
Investments in Germany
- 2006: Petrotec GmbH, biodiesel producers, share of around 70 million euros. 2008 sales of about 42.1 percent of the shares of IC Green Energy Ltd..
- 2006: acquisition of Vital fat Recycling GmbH
- 2006: acquisition of Easy Cash, the leading German network operators for the processing of card-based, cashless payments. First Data, previous owner of Easy Cash and also active in the market for electronic payments, offered 100 percent of its easy cash - shares through an auction, which was attended by both strategic and financial investors. 2009 sales of 290 million euros for Ingineco.
- 2008: Purchase of the wind turbine generator business Conergy Wind of Conergy AG. Meanwhile, the former Conergy Wind Division is new name Power Wind GmbH. Following the bankruptcy of 2012, the service business of GES Germany, a subsidiary of the Spanish GES Global Energy Services was acquired. The inventories and fixed assets and IP rights went to the Indian company RK wind.
- 2009: minority stake of 10.003 percent of Kontron AG, an international provider of embedded computer technology. Warburg Pincus is the second largest shareholder.
- 2011: minority stake of 5.29 percent in United Internet, an Internet provider. The end of 2012 sale of the shares.
International investments
For investments worldwide include AmRest, Aramark, Avaya, Bausch & Lomb, BEA Systems, Bharti Tele- Ventures, Bridgepoint Education, Cassatt, Harbin Pharmaceuticals, Harbour Networks, Kosmos Energy, Lepu Medical, Neiman Marcus, NeuStar, Nuance Communications, Systinet, Telcordia and VERITAS Software.