Private Ownership | |
Industry | Private Equity |
Founded | 1993 |
Headquarters |
Miami, Florida, United States 1450 Brickell Avenue 31st Floor Miami, FL 33131 |
Key people
|
Sami Mnaymneh, Founder and Co-CEO Tony Tamer, Founder and Co-CEO |
Products | Private Equity, Growth Equity, Credit/Special Situations, Real Estate, Lending, Syndicated Credit |
Total assets | $22 billion |
Website | www.higcapital.com |
Miami, Florida, United States 1450 Brickell Avenue 31st Floor
H.I.G. Capital is a Miami, Florida-based global private equity and alternative assets investment firm with approximately $22 billion of equity capital under management. The firm operates a family of private equity, growth equity, credit/special situation, primary lending, syndicated credit, and real estate funds. The company specializes in providing both debt and equity capital to small and mid-sized companies.
H.I.G. was founded in 1993 by Sami Mnaymneh, formerly a managing director at The Blackstone Group and Tony Tamer, previously a partner at Bain & Company.
Since its founding, H.I.G. had raised a significant number of funds, including most recently:
H.I.G.’s equity funds invest in management buyouts, recapitalizations and corporate carve-outs of both profitable as well as underperforming manufacturing and service businesses.
H.I.G.’s debt funds invest in senior, unitranche and junior debt financing to companies across the size spectrum, both on a primary (direct origination) basis, as well as on the secondary markets. H.I.G. is also a leading CLO manager, through its WhiteHorse family of vehicles, and manages a publicly traded BDC, WhiteHorse Finance.
Other H.I.G. funds invest in various real assets, including real estate and shipping.
Today, the company claims to be "the largest and most active private equity firm in the lower-middle market." Its team includes more than 300 professionals worldwide. Since inception, H.I.G. has invested in and managed more than 200 companies worldwide. The firm's current portfolio includes over 100 companies with combined sales in excess of $30 billion.