private equity founded 1982 founder john w. jordan ii headquarters new york new york united states products leveraged buyout growth capital total assets 6 billion number of employees 25 website www.thejordancompany.com the jordan company tjc is a private equity firm focused on leveraged buyout and management buyout investments in smaller middle market companies across a range of industries . 1 the firm which is based in new york city was founded in 1982 . the jordan company was founded by john w. jordan ii prior to which he spent nine years carl marks & co. a merchant banking firm . since its founding the firm has completed over 90 investments and raised approximately 6 billion of investor commitments across its two jordan resolute funds and older pledge vehicles . jordan s 2002 fund raised 1.5 billion of commitments and its second fund in 2007 raised 3.6 billion of capital . 2 among the dozens of current and prior investments completed by tjc are the following american safety razor company 3 4 carmike cinemas fannie may 5 great american cookie harvey gulf 6 lepage s industries 7 lincoln industrial corporation newflo corporation 8 rockshox rockwood industries tal international group 9 10 universal technical institute and vivid imaginations . 11 references edit company news ; williams to sell paint units for 453 million . the new york times . may 9 2000 . us firm the jordan company closes 3.6 bn mid market fund . altassets february 2008 jordan s founder adds american safety razor . new york times april 19 1989 american safety razor is being acquired . new york times february 16 1999 fannie may candy in jordan co. deal . new york times november 6 1991 the jordan company to acquire harvey gulf for 500m . altassets july 21 2008 suit accuses 3m of tape monopoly . new york times june 12 1997 invensys will sell its metering unit . new york times october 23 2003 aegon focusing on insurance sells container unit . new york times november 5 2004 uk klesch acquires transamerica maritime containers in 1.2 billion deal . altassets november 2004 uk s phoenix equity partners backs secondary buy out of toy maker vivid imaginations . altassets january 2003 external links edit the jordan company 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 this article about a private equity or venture capital firm based in the united states is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title jordan company & oldid 701302219 categories private equity firms of the united statescompanies established in 19821982 establishments in new yorkunited states private equity firm stubshidden categories all 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 add links this page was last modified on 23 january 2016 at 19 25 . 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