Charlesbank Capital Partners

Charlesbank Capital Partners is a private equity investment firm focusing on leveraged buyout transactions involving middle-market companies. The founders of Charlesbank came together in 1991 as Harvard Private Capital Group to manage the private equity investment portfolio for Harvard Management Company. In 1998, the founders launched Charlesbank Capital Partners, an independent firm also based in Boston, MA. In 2000, the firm raised $600 million for Charlesbank Equity Fund V, its first fund to include outside institutional investors. Subsequent funds include Charlesbank Equity Fund VI ($1 billion raised in 2005) and Charlesbank Equity Fund VII ($1.5 billion raised in 2009). The firm's founders include CEO Michael R. Eisenson, Kim...