History
Permira was founded in 1985 by Nicholas Ferguson as a number of country-specific separate businesses operating under the Schroder Ventures brand. In 1996, the UK, French, German and Italian teams joined together to create Schroder Ventures Europe and in 1997 it raised its first pan-European fund. In 2001, the firm was renamed Permira. In 2002, Permira began the process of expanding beyond its European roots with the opening of an office in New York, its first in North America. While continuing to expand its coverage in Northern and Southern Europe, the firm established its first Asian office in Tokyo in 2005 followed three years later by Hong Kong. The latest chapter in the firm’s expansion was the opening of an office on the west coast of the US in Menlo Park in 2008 to support the funds’ investments in the technology sector.
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