limited liability company industry private equity founded 1994 headquarters washington dc united states key people fred malek founder and chairman products investments private equity funds website www.thayercapital.com thayer hidden creek is a washington dc based private equity firm . contents 1 profile 2 people 3 references 4 external links profile edit since its inception in june 1994 thayer has invested in over 30 portfolio companies with total revenue in excess of 3 billion . 1 2 people edit ivor j. evans vice chairman of union pacific 2004 05 james j. forese ceo of ikon 1998 2002 fred malek co chairman john mccain national finance committee paul g. stern ceo of northern telecom 1989 93 william cohen us secretary of defense 1997 01 richard k. davidson ceo of union pacific 1991 2006 donald v. fites ceo of caterpillar 1990 99 daniel a. dickinson director caterpillar roger penske automotive executive dan altobello former chairman of the board onex food services inc. norman ralph augustine former chairman and ceo of lockheed martin corporation nick chabraja chairman and ceo of general dynamics bob eaton former chairman and ceo of chrysler corporation jack kemp former u.s. representative former secretary of housing and urban development references edit top company profiles thayer capital partners l.p. portfolio.com terence o hara october 25 2004 . the buyout business has changed and so has frederic malek . the washington post . external links edit official website nndb thayer capital partners thayer capital partners 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 financial services corporation of 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 thayer hidden creek & oldid 671414900 categories private equity firms based in washington d.c.companies established in 19941994 establishments in washington d.c.united states financial services company 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 14 july 2015 at 15 19 . 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