Apax Partners

The UK-based private equity company Apax Partners LLP has its main office in London. Six more offices in New York, Hong Kong, Mumbai, Tel Aviv, Munich, and Shanghai also serve as the company's operational hubs. Since 1981, the company has raised over $51 billion (USD), encompassing all of its numerous predecessors as of December 2017. Apax Partners, the fifteenth-largest private equity firm globally, is one of the oldest and biggest firms of its kind to operate on an international scale.

Apax only invests in a select group of industries, such as telecommunications, technology, retail and consumer goods, healthcare, and financial and business services. aims for a target enterprise value of $1,000 million to $5 billion.

Apax obtains funding for its investment funds from institutional investors such as corporate and public pension plans, foundations, and endowments at universities and colleges. Alan Patricof, one of the company's co-founders, invested in Apple Computer and America Online (AOL) at the beginning.

Founders: Ronald Cohen
Headquarters: London, England

Website: https://www.apax.com/