Founded in 1985, Permira is a European private equity firm with global reach. The firm advises funds with a total committed capital of approximately €20 billion.
Since 1985 the Permira funds, raised from pension funds and other institutions, have made nearly 200 private equity investments.
Permira specialises in five sectors: Consumer, Financial Services, Healthcare, Industrials and TMT (Technology, Media, Telecommunications). There are currently 25 companies in the Permira funds’ portfolio and the firm comprises approximately 120 professionals.
The firm's teams are based in Frankfurt, Guernsey, Hong Kong, London, Luxembourg, Madrid, Menlo Park, Milan, New York, Paris, Stockholm and Tokyo.
Permira is led by two co-managing partners Kurt Björklund and Tom Lister.
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