proprietary limited company industry private equity founded 1998 founder simon pillar rickard gardell paul mccullagh tim sims headquarters sydney australia products private equity funds leveraged buyouts total assets aud 5.6 billion website www.pep.com.au pacific equity partners pep is an australasian private equity investment firm focusing on leveraged buyout and growth capital transactions primarily in australia and new zealand . pep invests across a broad array of industries and will invest in turnaround and growth capital transactions . pep is based in sydney australia and was founded in 1998 by simon pillar rickard gardell paul mccullagh and tim sims . the majority of the firm s founders originally worked together at consulting firm bain & company . the firm has approximately aud 5.8 billion of capital under management and was among the 50 largest private equity firms . investments edit on the 11th of september 2015 pep purchased new zealand health company manuka health for a reported 110 million nzd . 1 among the firm s most notable investments are hoyts sold to wanda cinemas in 2015 2 redgroup retail angus & robertson whitcoulls borders pacific region defunct in 2011 independent liquor sold to asahi breweries in 2011 3 godfreys griffin s foods acquired from danone in 2006 and sold to universal robina in 2014 4 frucor sold to suntory in 2008 peters ice cream sold to r & r ice cream in 2014 and tegel foods acquired in 2005 from heinz and sold to affinity equity partners in 2011 . 5 references edit http i.stuff.co.nz business industries 71982643 pacific equity partners buys manuka health in private equity deal hoyts to be sold to private equity group . australian broadcasting corporation 24 september 2007 asahi to buy new zealand liquor company . new york times 18 august 2011 pacific equity buys griffin s foods . the age . melbourne . 1 april 2006 . pacific equity mulling options for tegel foods . new york times 20 august 2010 deal seekers down under . altassets 25 apr 2007 external links edit pacific equity 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 retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title pacific equity partners & oldid 718107212 categories private equity firms of asia pacificprivate equity firms of australiacompanies established in 1998hidden categories use dmy dates from april 2013 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 add links this page was last modified on 1 may 2016 at 15 40 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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