private industry private equity founded 1984 headquarters chicago illinois united states products leveraged buyout growth capital total assets 3 billion number of employees 30 website www.wppartners.com wind point partners is an american private equity firm focused on growth capital investments and leveraged buyouts in middle market companies across a range of industries in the us and internationally . wind point s strategy involves partnering with executives who typically have run a p & l of 1 billion or greater to acquire businesses with enterprise values between 100 million and 500 million . the firm which is based in chicago illinois was founded in 1984 . it was originally founded and funded by s. curtis johnson of racine wisconsin heir to the sc johnson fortune . contents 1 history 2 competitors 3 references 4 external links history edit since its founding wind point has raised approximately 3.0 billion of investor commitments and completed more than 90 investments and 160 add on acquisitions across its seven private equity funds . the firm completed fundraising for its seventh and most recent fund in 2009 with 915 million of investor commitments . 1 wind point s prior fund was raised in 2005 with 715 million of investor commitments . 2 since inception wind point acquisitions have included pacific cycle also maker of schwinn bicycles 3 bushnell corporation 4 5 bakery chef 6 gehl foods and ames true temper . 7 8 competitors edit wind point competes with other major private equity players in the middle market including madison dearborn partners and gtcr . citation needed references edit 1 2 . altassets august 24 2005 canadian company buys maker of schwinn bikes . new york times january 14 2004 press release midocean partners and management announce acquisition of bushnell outdoor products inc. from wind point partners david bushnell 92 importer of affordable binoculars dies new york times march 31 2005 ralcorp is buying bakery chef for 287.5 million . new york times november 13 2003 u.s. industries sells its lawn and garden tools unit . new york times december 25 2001 castle harlan to buy garden equipment maker . new york times june 9 2004 wind point partners . business week profile external links edit wind point 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 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 wind point partners & oldid 743337342 categories private equity firms of the united statescompanies based in chicagounited states private equity firm stubshidden categories all articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from january 2016all 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 9 october 2016 at 05 02 . 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