Sageview Capital

Sageview Capital LLC
Private
Industry Investment Management
Founded 2005 (2005)
Founder Ned Gilhuly, Scott Stuart
Headquarters Greenwich, Connecticut, United States
Products Private equity, Management buyout
AUM USD 1.4 billion (2014)
Number of employees
20+ (2014) [1]
Website www.sageviewcapital.com

Sageview Capital is an American investment firm with $1.4 billion of assets under management. The firm was started by Ned Gilhuly and Scott Stuart, two former members of the Kohlberg Kravis Roberts Executive Committee, in May 2006.

The firm describes its investment strategy as bringing a "private equity approach" to public market investing, while the firm also pursues private equity investments.

History

The firm was founded by two former members of the Kohlberg Kravis Roberts Executive Committee Ned Gilhuly and Scott Stuart in 2005.[2][3]

In 2007, Sageview was involved in a major asset purchase from Kohlberg Kravis Roberts affiliate KKR Financial.[4]

Investment strategy

The firm describes its investment strategy as bringing a "private equity approach" to public market investing, while the firm also pursues private equity investments. Sageview Capital is a long-term investor with a target investment horizon of three to five years or longer. The goal is to work constructively and collaboratively with a company's management team and board of directors without ever being hostile.

The employees of Sageview Capital are collectively the single largest investor in the fund.

References

  1. "Sageview Capital - About us - History". Sageview Capital. Retrieved October 21, 2014.
  2. "KKR's Two Rising Stars Depart to Launch Fund" (PDF). The Wall Street Journal. September 14, 2005.
  3. "KKR loses leadership candidates" (PDF). Financial Times. September 14, 2005.
  4. KKR Financial Makes Cash King. Forbes, August 20, 2007
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