GTCR LLC

GTCR LLC (formerly Golder Thoma & Co., later Golder, Thoma, Cressey, Rauner, Inc.) is a private equity firm focused on leveraged buyout, leveraged recapitalization, growth capital, and roll-up transactions in high-growth industries. The firm concentrates on four core sectors — business and consumer services, financial services and technology, healthcare, and technology, media, and telecommunications — and has invested more than $24 billion to $30 billion across over 270 to 290 companies since its founding, currently managing approximately $27 billion to $50 billion in equity capital. Transaction types include leveraged buyouts, leveraged recapitalizations, equity and mezzanine capital commitments, build-on acquisitions, industry consolidations (roll-ups), and minority growth investments, with the firm pursuing both control and strategic minority ownership positions. Founded in 1980 by Stanley Golder, Carl Thoma, and Bryan Cressey, the firm is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, United States, with additional offices in New York, New York, and West Palm Beach, Florida.