AXA Private Equity
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| Privately held company | |
| Industry | Private equity |
| Predecessor | AXA Private Equity |
| Founded | 1996 |
| Founder | Dominique Senequier |
| Headquarters | Paris, France |
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Number of locations
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Paris, London, Frankfurt, Milan, Madrid, Zurich, New York, San Francisco, Beijing, Singapore, Jersey, Luxembourg |
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Area served
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Europe, North America, Asia |
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Key people
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Dominique Senequier, Vincent Gombault, Dominique Gaillard, Benoît Verbrugghe, Mathias Burghardt, Olivier Decannière, Jérémie Delecourt, Philippe Poletti |
| Products | Funds of funds, direct funds, private debt and infrastructure, real estate, mandates |
| Total assets | US$55bn |
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Number of employees
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410 |
| Website | www.ardian.com |
Ardian (formerly AXA Private Equity), is a France-based, independent private equity investment company, founded and managed by Dominique Senequier.
Ardian manages assets worth US $55 billion in Europe, North America and Asia.
The company offers a range of funds including Funds of Funds, Direct Funds, Infrastructure and Private Debt and Real Estate.
Ardian's 433 investors include institutional investors, Funds of Funds, government agencies, sovereign funds, family offices, pension funds and insurance companies).
Ardian manages a direct portfolio of more than 130 companies, including , London Luton Airport and SPIE.
Ardian has been ranked one of the largest companies by amount raised in equity by Private Equity International.
Ardian was named "Company of the Year" 2013 by the readers of Private Equity International.
Originally a subsidiary of AXA, the company operated under the name AXA Private Equity until 2013, when the firm achieved independent status and was renamed to Ardian.
In 1996, Claude Bébéar, founder and former AXA CEO, tasked Dominique Senequier with the creation of a private equity entity at AXA. Based in Paris, AXA Private Equity started off with 10 clients and 100 million euros worth of assets. The first investment took place in 1998 in the GSI Banque company Linedata.
In 1999, the opened offices in London and New York. That same year, it launched its Funds of Funds investment strategy.
In 2001, the company entered the German market by opening an office in Frankfurt.
In 2005, Ardian opened an office in Singapore and entered the Asian market. The same year, the company launched its Infrastructure investment strategy.
As a result of the 2007 financial crisis, the company postponed all new operations and instead focused on the management of its portfolio, in an effort to shield its companies from the effects of the crisis.
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