Company type | Privately held company |
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Industry | Private equity |
Founded | 1992 |
Headquarters | Chicago, Illinois, United States |
Products | Leveraged buyout |
Total assets | $23 billion[1] |
Number of employees | 50+ (2007) |
Website | http://www.mdcp.com/ |
Madison Dearborn Partners (MDP) is an American private equity firm specializing in leveraged buyouts of privately held or publicly traded companies, or divisions of larger companies; recapitalizations of family-owned or closely held companies; balance sheet restructurings; acquisition financings; and growth capital investments in mature companies. MDP operates using an industry-focused investment approach and focuses on the following sectors: basic industries, business and government software and services, financial & transaction services, health care, and TMT services.[2] Since the founders established MDP as an independent firm in 1992, the firm has raised seven funds with aggregate capital of approximately $23 billion, and has completed investments in more than 130 companies.[3]