Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe

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Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe
Type Limited liability company
Founded 1979
Founder Pat Welsh, Russ Carson, Bruce Anderson, Rick Stowe
Headquarters New York, New York
Key people Jonathan Rather (CFO)
Fran Higgins (Director of Investor Relations)
Industry Private equity
Products Leveraged buyout, Growth capital, Mezzanine capital
Employees 40+
Website http://www.welshcarson.com/

Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe (Welsh Carson or WCAS) is a private equity investment firm in the United States. Founded in 1979, it has organized 14 limited partnerships with total capital over $16 billion and is currently in the process of raising a new $4 billion private equity fund Welsh, Carson Anderson & Stowe XI. There are approximately 40 publicly traded companies that trace their roots to WCAS.

WCAS has developed a focus on growth companies in two industry sectors:

Although historically, WCAS has made investments in telecommunications, the firm moved away from the sector after poor performance adversely impacted the performance of its eighth private equity fund.

WCAS has approximately 40 employees; including 15 general partners; based on Park Avenue in New York City.

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[edit] Portfolio Investments

In information & business services, current and historical portfolio companies include:


In healthcare, examples of current or former public companies include


[edit] Investment Funds

WCAS’s investment funds invest in both larger leveraged buyout transactions and smaller deals through its buy-and-build strategy. The firm’s mezzanine capital funds are used as a captive source of financing for its private equity investments, despite potential conflicts of interest that may arise in the event of a liquidation of a portfolio company.

Since its founding in 1979, WCAS has raised ten private equity funds and four mezzanine capital funds and its 11th private equity fund is expected to be raised by the end of 2008:

[edit] Private Equity

  • 1979 - WCAS I ($33 million)
  • 1980 - WCAS II ($32 million)
  • 1983 - WCAS III ($81 million)
  • 1985 - WCAS IV ($178 million)
  • 1989 - WCAS V ($371 million)
  • 1993 - WCAS VI ($604 million)
  • 1995 - WCAS VII ($1.4 billion)
  • 1998 - WCAS VIII ($3.0 billion)
  • 2000 - WCAS IX ($3.8 billion)
  • 2005 - WCAS X ($3.3 billion)
  • 2008 - WCAS XI (TBD)[9]


[edit] Mezzanine

  • 1987 - WCAS Capital Partners ($209 million)
  • 1990 - WCAS Capital Partners II ($354 million)
  • 1997 - WCAS Capital Partners III ($1.3 billion)
  • 2004 - WCAS Capital Partners IV ($1.3 billion)

Source: Private Equity Intelligence[10]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Qwest to Sell Yellow Pages For $7 Billion (New York Times, 2002)
  2. ^ Donnelley to Acquire Dex Media for $4.2 Billion (Bloomberg, 2005]
  3. ^ KOHLBERG KRAVIS AND WELSH CARSON ACQUIRING MEDCATH (New York Times, 1998)
  4. ^ SELECT MEDICAL TO BE TAKEN PRIVATE IN A BUYOUT (New York Times, 2004)
  5. ^ SYKES SELLS EMPLOYEE BENEFITS UNIT IN RESTRUCTURING (New York Times, 2004)
  6. ^ Duncan, Walker. "Welsh Carson takes Surgis parent private", Nashville Post, 2007=01=08. 
  7. ^ United Surgical to Be Bought by Equity Firm for $1.8 Billion (New York Times, 2007)
  8. ^ US ONCOLOGY AGREES TO $1.3 BILLION ACQUISITION(New York Times, 2004)
  9. ^ Welsh, Carson sets out to raise $4.5bn (The Independent, 2008)
  10. ^ Private Equity Intelligence


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