Fenway Partners

About Fenway Partners

Fenway Partners is a direct investor in the U.S. – based mid-market businesses that typically range in size from $100M to $600M in enterprise value at the time of acquisition. Fenway invests in businesses that it believes possess fundamental strengths that provide both stability and significant upside opportunity but are performing at levels below their full potential. Fenway works in partnership with management to leverage its accumulated experience, industry-specific knowledge and network of value-added resources to help businesses enhance their performance and strive to achieve their full potential. How We're Different Fenway Partners is an uncommon investment company. We believe that our passion for building great businesses, proven capabilities as a valued-added partner, patience in working through complex situations, ability to accommodate the non-price consi,derations often important to families, entrepreneurs, and other sellers, and use of reasonable financial leverage to return value to shareholders while ensuring portfolio companies have the resources they need to invest for growth make us a buyer of choice. Once involved as a long-term investor in our portfolio companies we focus on taking businesses to the next level of performance. We work to create an atmosphere in which management can achieve maximum equity returns by increasing the velocity of value creation with, in the business. Our style is to be active, involved and engaged partners: We work to foster teamwork and to take full advantage of the combined knowledge and experience of our team and that of the managers of our portfolio companies to improve operations and strive to generate superior returns We believe in open communication and transparency, aligned, financial interests, and a focus on process, people and accountability Our goal is to ensure that working with Fenway Partners is personally and financially rewarding and that the people who make success happen are rewarded for their contributions
People
  • Gregg Smart, Managing Partner