Roark Capital Group

Roark Capital Management, LLC
Company typePrivate
IndustryPrivate equity
Founded2001; 23 years ago (2001)
FounderNeal Aronson (managing partner)
Headquarters
Atlanta, Georgia
,
U.S.
Key people
  • Paul D. Ginsberg
    (president)
  • Erik O. Morris (Chief Investment Officer)
ProductsLeveraged buyout
AUMUS$37 billion (2023)[1]
Number of employees
1.4 million[2]
Websiteroarkcapital.com

Roark Capital Management, LLC,[3] also known as Roark Capital Group or simply Roark Capital, is an American private equity firm with around $37 billion in assets under management. The firm is focused on leveraged buyout investments in middle-market companies, primarily in the franchise/multi-location, restaurant and food, health and wellness, and business services sectors. It is named for Howard Roark, the protagonist in Ayn Rand's novel The Fountainhead. The firm claims that its name is not meant to connote any particular political philosophy but instead signify the firm's admiration for the iconoclastic qualities of independence and self-assurance embodied by the central figure in The Fountainhead.[4]

  1. ^ Durbin, Dee-Ann (August 24, 2023). "Sandwich chain Subway will be sold to fast-food investor Roark Capital". Associated Press.
  2. ^ Form ADV filing
  3. ^ "Roark Capital Management, LLC". OpenCorporates. November 24, 2004. Retrieved August 27, 2023.
  4. ^ "About Our Name". Roark Capital Group. Retrieved May 25, 2017.