Roark Capital Group is an American private equity firm with nearly US$11.0 billion in equity capital raised since inception that is focused on leveraged buyout investments in middle-market companies primarily in the franchise/multi-unit, restaurant and food, retail healthcare and business services sectors. The firm is named for Howard Roark, the protagonist in Ayn Rand's novel, The Fountainhead. The firm's name is not meant to connote any particular political philosophy but instead signifies the firm's admiration for the iconoclastic qualities of independence and self-assurance embodied by the central figure in The Fountainhead.
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History
The firm, which is based in Atlanta, Georgia, was founded in 2001 by the current Managing Partner, Neal K. Aronson. Senior team members include President Paul D. Ginsberg, Senior Managing Director and Co-Chief Investment Officer Ezra S. Field, Senior Managing Director and Co-Chief Investment Officer Erik O. Morris, and Managing Directors Timothy Armstrong, Stephen D. Aronson, Geoff Hill, Matthew Kaelin, and Steven Romaniello.
Prior to founding Roark Capital Group, Aronson was a co-founder of U.S. Franchise Systems. Roark currently is investing out of its fifth institutional private equity fund.
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Investments
Roark's current and former portfolio companies include:
Current investments
Former investments
- Batteries Plus Bulbs
- Cyber Core Technologies
- Fastsigns
- GFL Environmental
- Money Mailer
- Movie Gallery
- Peachtree Business Products
- PSC Info Group
- Qualawash
- United States Arbitage Finance II
- USFS
- Waste Pro
- Wingstop
References
External links
- Roark Capital Group (company website)
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