private equity founded 1988 founder daniel o connell robert l. rosner james p. kelley norman alpert arthur nagle headquarters 245 park avenue new york new york united states of america products leveraged buyouts total assets 5 billion website www.vestarcapital.com vestar capital partners is an american private equity firm focusing on leveraged buyout transactions in the united states . 1 the firm which was founded in 1988 is headquartered in new york city with offices in boston massachusetts and denver colorado in the us . contents 1 history 1.1 investment funds 2 references 3 external links history edit vestar is a leading private equity firm specializing in management buyouts and growth capital investments . vestar was founded in 1988 by principals of the first boston corporation s management buyout group . 2 five of the original founders including daniel o connell norman alpert robert l. rosner james p. kelley and arthur nagle are still with the firm . the firm has extensive experience investing across a wide variety of industries including consumer healthcare diversified industries and financial services . vestar invests and collaborates with incumbent management teams private owners or corporations in a creative flexible and entrepreneurial way to build long term franchise and enterprise value . since the firm s founding in 1988 the vestar funds have completed 70 investments in companies with a total value of more than 40 billion . investment funds edit since its inception in 1988 vestar has raised six private equity funds with total investor commitments of approximately more than 9 billion . of these funds five have been fully invested and two have been fully liquidated . vestar is actively evaluating middle market investment opportunities for its sixth fund vestar capital partners vi . 1988 vestar capital partners 35 million liquidated 1993 vestar capital partners ii 260 million liquidated 1997 vestar capital partners iii 803 million fully invested 1999 vestar capital partners iv 2.48 billion fully invested 2005 vestar capital partners v 3.7 billion fully invested 2013 vestar capital partners vi 804 million closed and currently investing references edit about us http www.vestarcapital.com en about permanent dead link 8 27 08 vestar led group in m & h buyout . new york times august 12 1988 external links edit vestar 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 retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title vestar capital partners & oldid 736353317 categories private equity firms of the united statesfinancial services companies established in 1988companies based in new york cityhidden categories all articles with dead external linksarticles with dead external links from july 2016articles with permanently dead external links 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 26 august 2016 at 22 07 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view