private industry private equity founded 2001 founder dick cashin managing partner headquarters new york city new york united states chicago illinois united states products leveraged buyout growth capital total assets 10 billion number of employees 40 parent jpmorgan chase formerly bank one corporation website www.oneequity.com one equity partners is the private merchant banking arm of jpmorgan chase 1 focused on leveraged buyout and growth capital investments in middle market companies . formed at bank one in 2001 the group has offices in new york city chicago sao paulo vienna hong kong and frankfurt . it manages approximately 10 billion of investments and capital commitments by jpmorgan chase . contents 1 investments 2 history 3 debt buyer 4 see also 5 notes 6 references 7 external links investments edit in 2006 one equity together with the blackstone group and technology crossover ventures acquired travelport from cendant in a 4.3 billion buyout . the company owns worldspan and galileo as well as approximately 48 % of orbitz worldwide . the sale of travelport followed the spin offs of cendant s real estate and hospitality businesses realogy corporation and wyndham worldwide corporation respectively in july 2006 . 2 3 later in the year tpg and silver lake would acquire travelport s chief competitor sabre holdings . among one equity s other notable investments include polaroid corporation which was sold in 2005 at a significant gain 4 5 6 as well as apollo hospitals carlson wagonlit travel clipper windpower nco group 7 pfleiderer systagenix wound management thyssenkrupp marine systems vertrue x rite and italian system integrator engineering ingegneria informatica . history edit history of private equity and venture capital early history origins of modern private equity the 1980s leveraged buyout boom the 1990s leveraged buyout and the venture capital bubble the 2000s dot com bubble to the credit crunch v t e one equity partners was founded in 2001 by dick cashin to serve as the private equity investment arm of bank one . cashin had previously served as president of citicorp venture capital the predecessor of court square capital partners and cvc capital partners where he worked for bank one s then ceo jamie dimon . in 2002 former ford motor company ceo jacques nasser joined one equity . he would serve as chairman of polaroid corporation . nasser was involved in 2006 when one equity was speculated as one of several potential private equity bidders for jaguar cars . 8 in 2004 jpmorgan chase completed its acquisition of bank one . prior to the merger jpmorgan had its own in house private equity investment group jpmorgan partners . jpmorgan partners was significantly larger than one equity and focused on larger transactions . one equity was ultimately designated as the exclusive private equity platform for jpmorgan chase at which point jpmorgan partners formalized plans to spin out of jpmorgan chase and was renamed ccmp capital . 9 in 2008 when jpmorgan chase acquired bear stearns private equity platform bear stearns merchant banking one equity was once again designated the exclusive private equity arm for the combined firm . 10 debt buyer edit in 2006 one equity partners purchased pennsylvania based nco group which posted 1.56 billion in revenue last year making it the largest debt collection company . according to a j.p. morgan spokesman by 2010 the company was winding down the debt buying side and will focus on debt collection . 1 see also edit bear stearns merchant banking ccmp capital notes edit a b silver greenberg jessica 28 november 2010 . boom in debt buying fuels another boom in lawsuits . wall street journal . retrieved 23 december 2015 . sachdev ameet . orbitz travels to 4th owner blackstone group to buy from cendant . chicago tribune july 1 2006 . accessed september 15 2007 . fineman josh . cendant to sell orbitz to blackstone for 4.3 bln bloomberg.com june 30 2006 . accessed september 15 2007 . bank one equity unit is top bidder for polaroid assets . new york times june 28 2002 value of polaroid assets will be re examined . new york times january 18 2003 polaroid being acquired for 426 million . new york times january 8 2005 outsourcing company to be acquired . new york times july 25 2006 on your marques former ford chief nasser eyes up jaguar . the independent august 26 2006 . bear stearns private equity units face uncertain future private equity online 2008 peter lattman march 18 2008 . what happens to bear stearns merchant banking arm . the wall street journal . references edit jp morgan may spin off one equity partners . september 13 2004 jpmorgan s buy out unit to become an independent firm . march 2 2005 jpmorgan chase announces changes to private equity business . march 1 2005 external links edit one 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 merchant banking private equity groups current and prior abn amro aac capital partners bank of america ridgemont equity partners merrill lynch global private equity barclays capital barclays private equity barings bank baring vostok capital partners gp investments bear stearns irving place capital fka bsmb cibc world markets trimaran capital partners citigroup metalmark capital court square capital partners cvc capital partners credit suisse dlj merchant banking avista capital partners diamond castle holdings deutsche bank midocean partners first chicago bank defunct madison dearborn partners gtcr goldman sachs goldman sachs capital partners jpmorgan chase ccmp capital fka jpmorgan partners one equity partners lazard lazard alternative investments lehman brothers defunct trilantic capital partners morgan stanley metalmark capital morgan stanley capital partners nomura terra firma capital partners ubs ubs capital affinity equity partners capvis lightyear capital wells fargo norwest venture partners pamlico capital william blair & company chicago growth partners william blair capital partners list of investment banking private equity groups v t e jpmorgan chase divisions j.p. morgan & co. chase bank chase paymentech chase card services canada emc mortgage company highbridge capital management j.p. morgan cazenove one equity partners notable current executives jamie dimon ceo james b. lee jr. steven black jing ulrich notable former executives john pierpont morgan j. p. morgan jr. junius spencer morgan george peabody henry sturgis morgan david rockefeller william b. harrison jr. john b. mccoy walter v. shipley douglas a. warner iii temple bowdoin jes staley blythe masters board of directors crandall c. bowles stephen b. burke david m. cote james s. crown jamie dimon ellen v. futter william h. gray laban p. jackson jr. david c. novak lee r. raymond william c. weldon historical components anchor savings bank banca commerciale italiana trust co. the bank of new york bank one corporation the manhattan company bank united of texas bear stearns chase manhattan bank chemical bank corn exchange bank dime savings bank of new york first chicago bank first usa bank great western bank hambrecht & quist h. f. ahmanson & co. jardine fleming j.p. morgan & co. lincoln savings bank manufacturers hanover national bank of detroit new york trust company providian robert fleming & co. sears canada bank state bank of chicago texas commerce bank valley national bank of arizona washington mutual buildings 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