our firm

Our mission is to generate superior returns by making investments in great businesses and helping management better them.

Family Origins

Our origins are a family office founded in 1947. In 1994, we opened our private equity investment activities to outside investors seeking attractive risk-adjusted rates of return.

Values-Based Investing

Our investment philosophy is rooted in partnership with great companies and their existing management teams.

Ben Dickson, SeaStar CEO Yvan Cote, and Scott Wolff

Fund History

Fund History
30
YEARS
In Private Equity

27
BILLION
Committed Capital

79
TOTAL
Investments

Our Portfolio of Companies

Scaled companies in a wide variety of industries that are growing market share

26
CURRENT
Investments

44
BILLION
Revenue

5.1
BILLION
EBITDA

49

Countries

149,000

Employees

Kevin Penn, Helen Chiang, and Former Learning Care Group CEO Barbara Beck

Our Offices

USA Location
164
Colleagues in the U.S.

China Location
13
Colleagues in China


Our Affiliates

AS Birch Grove is an alternative credit manager focused on corporate credit opportunities in North America and Europe managing approximately $7 billion of credit assets across an opportunistic hedge fund, private credit vehicles, par credit vehicles, and a CLO platform.


We partner with management teams to drive long-term value. Meet our team.