AEA Investors

AEA Investors LP
Company typePrivate
IndustryPrivate equity
Founded1968; 56 years ago (1968)
Headquarters520 Madison Avenue
New York City, New York, United States
Key people
John Garcia (CEO and chairman)[1]
Services
AUMUS$19 billion (2023)
Websitewww.aeainvestors.com

AEA Investors LP is an American middle market private equity firm. The firm focuses on leveraged buyout, growth capital, and mezzanine capital investments in manufacturing, service, distribution, specialty chemicals, consumer product, and business services companies in the middle market. The firm makes investments primarily in the US and Europe, and periodically invests in Asia as well.

AEA was founded in 1968 to make investments on behalf of S.G. Warburg & Co. as well as the Rockefeller, Mellon, and Harriman families. AEA was formally founded as American European Associates.[2]

AEA is headquartered in New York City with offices in Stamford, Connecticut, London, Munich, and Shanghai.[3] From 1998 until 2011, the firm was chaired by Vincent Mai. John Garcia is the current CEO and Chairman.[4]

  1. ^ "Biopartner". Archived from the original on 2013-10-29. Retrieved 2013-08-02.
  2. ^ "History". AEA Investors. 2014. Retrieved July 12, 2014.
  3. ^ "By Location". AEA Investors. 2014. Retrieved July 12, 2014.
  4. ^ "AEA Team: John L. Garcia". AEA Investors. 2014. Retrieved July 12, 2014.