much on references to primary sources . please improve this by adding secondary or tertiary sources . august 2010 learn how and when to remove this template message charterhouse capital partners type limited liability partnership industry private equity founded 1982 headquarters london england uk products private equity funds leveraged buyouts total assets 8.4 billion website www.charterhouse.co.uk see also charterhouse group charterhouse capital partners is a private equity investment firm focusing on leveraged buyout of established substantial businesses based in western europe . charterhouse focuses on a variety of industrial and commercial sectors with focus on investments in chemicals leisure engineering and business support services . charterhouse is based in london england and was founded in 1982 as the european investment arm of charterhouse bank . the firm has approximately 8.4 billion of capital under management and was among the 50 largest private equity firms globally . the firm s predecessors began managing private equity investments in the uk in 1975 and began pursuing leveraged buyout investments in 1982 . in june 2001 the firm s management completed a management buyout from its then parent hsbc to become an independent investment firm . in 2014 the firm acquired skillsoft an irish company that provides cloud based technology services to governments businesses and schools for 2.3 billion . 1 founded in 1934 charterhouse capital partners is the oldest buyout firm in britain . 2 in 2015 the wall street journal called charterhouse capital partners the elder statesman of british private equity 80 years old and among london s most prestigious and private firms . 3 becky pritchard wrote in the wall street journal that charterhouse is a legendary low profile firm . 4 references edit http blogs.edweek.org edweek marketplacek12 2014 07 mergers acquisitions on the rise in 2014 report shows.html porter kiel ; willmer sabrina 2013 11 12 . charterhouse heirs struggle to maintain bonnyman legacy . archived from the original on 2016 01 18 . retrieved 2016 01 18 . clark simon ; pritchard becky 2015 01 05 . infighting roils veteran british buyout firm charterhouse capital behind the genteel facade of the london based private equity firm lurk internal frictions . the wall street journal . archived from the original on 2015 01 01 . retrieved 2016 01 02 . pritchard becky 2014 02 03 . legal battle throws the spotlight on charterhouse . the wall street journal . archived from the original on 2015 01 01 . retrieved 2016 01 02 . external links edit charterhouse capital partners company website v t e private equity and venture capital investment firms investment strategy venture growth mezzanine secondaries leveraged buyout history history of private equity and venture capital early history of private equity private equity in the 1980s private equity in the 1990s private equity in the 2000s investors angel investor corporate venture capital commercial bank crowdfunding institutional investor insurance company investment bank endowment family office fund of funds high net worth individual merchant bank pension fund sovereign wealth fund private equity firms venture capital firms portfolio companies v t e largest private equity investment firms 3i group aac capital partners advent international alpinvest partners american capital apax partners apollo global management ares management bain capital bc partners berkshire partners the blackstone group bridgepoint capital candover the carlyle group ccmp capital cerberus capital management charterhouse capital partners cinven clayton dubilier & rice cvc capital partners doughty hanson & co encap investments eqt partners first reserve corporation fortress investment group general atlantic goldman sachs capital partners gtcr hellman & friedman h.i.g. capital jrk property holdings kkr trilantic capital partners leonard green & partners madison dearborn partners nordic capital oak investment partners oaktree capital management onex teachers private capital pacific equity partners pai partners permira providence equity partners sentinel capital partners silver lake partners summit partners sun capital partners ta associates terra firma capital partners thomas h. lee partners tpg capital warburg pincus welsh carson anderson & stowe private equity private equity firms venture capital firms portfolio companies this article about a private equity or venture capital firm based in the united kingdom is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title charterhouse capital partners & oldid 700354445 categories private equity firms of the united kingdomfinancial services companies based in the city of londonprivate equity firm stubsunited kingdom financial services company stubshidden categories articles lacking reliable references from august 2010all articles lacking reliable referencesall stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages fran ais edit links this page was last modified on 18 january 2016 at 00 39 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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