Wesray Capital Corporation was an early private equity firm focusing on leveraged buyout investments. The firm was founded by former US Secretary of the Treasury William E. Simon and former New Jersey Nets owner Ray Chambers.
The firm is known for its 1982 investment in Gibson Greetings as well as for its involvement in seeding other notable private equity firms in the 1990s including Vestar Capital Partners and Catterton Partners.
The firm was based in New York City.
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