Butler Capital Partners
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| name = Butler Capital Partners
| logo = Butler Capital Partners logo.png
| type = Private
| foundation = {{start date and age|1990}}
| founder = Walter Butler
| location = Paris, France
| industry = Private equity
| products = Leveraged buyout
| assets = €500 million
| homepage = [http://www.butlercapitalpartners.com www.butlercapitalpartners.com]
| num_employees =
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Butler Capital Partners is a French private equity firm headquartered in Paris. The firm focuses primarily on investments in France and Europe, and operates in a variety of business sectors including distribution, logistics, advertising, information technology, publishing and market research.
History
The firm was founded in 1991 by businessman Walter Butler, and is based in Paris, France.{{cite news|last=Tagliabue|first=John|title=A venture capitalist is shaking up France|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/05/business/worldbusiness/05iht-venture.html|accessdate=13 August 2013|newspaper=The New York Times|date=6 October 2005}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.latribune.fr/entreprises-finance/banques-finance/industrie-financiere/20130107trib000741033/qui-est-butler-capital-partners-le-discret-proprietaire-de-virgin-megastore.html|title=Qui est Butler Capital Partners, le discret propriétaire de Virgin Megastore?|work=La Tribune|access-date=2018-08-10|language=fr-FR}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.butlercapitalpartners.com/about-us_en_38.html|title=Butler Capital Partners, investment fund, private equity fund, Walter Butler, BCP|website=www.butlercapitalpartners.com|access-date=2018-08-10}}
Some of the firm's notable investments include Virgin Megastores,{{Cite news|url=https://www.latribune.fr/entreprises-finance/banques-finance/industrie-financiere/20130107trib000741033/qui-est-butler-capital-partners-le-discret-proprietaire-de-virgin-megastore.html|title=Qui est Butler Capital Partners, le discret propriétaire de Virgin Megastore?|work=La Tribune|access-date=2018-08-10|language=fr-FR}} Paris Saint-Germain F.C. and SNCM.{{Cite news|url=https://www.capital.fr/economie-politique/la-privatisation-de-la-sncm-gachis-epouvantable-895144|title=La privatisation de la SNCM, gâchis épouvantable|date=2013-12-11|work=Capital.fr|access-date=2018-08-10|language=fr-FR}}
See also
References
External links
- {{Official website|URL=http://www.butlercapitalpartners.com/main/index.php?lg=en}}
{{Private equity and venture capital}}
Category:Private equity firms of France
Category:Financial services companies established in 1990
Category:French companies established in 1990
Category:Companies based in Paris
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