CVC Capital Partners

Established in 1981, CVC Capital Partners is a global private-markets manager operating across seven complementary strategies: private equity, secondaries, credit and infrastructure. Its platform combines regional investing teams with a global network and is publicly listed on Euronext Amsterdam.

CVC's private-equity business focuses mainly on control or co-control investments in established, market-leading companies across Europe, the Americas and Asia. Its sector coverage includes technology, healthcare, sports, media and entertainment, financial and business services, consumer and education.

The firm is especially strong at sourcing through a large local-office network and working with management teams on operational improvement, reinvestment for growth and other value-creation initiatives during ownership. It also has substantial capabilities in private credit, infrastructure and private-equity secondaries.