Wind Point Partners is an American

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. The firm focuses on the following industry sectors: Consumer Products, Industrial Products, and Business Services. Wind Point's strategy involves partnering with executives who typically have run a P&L of $1 billion or greater to acquire businesses with enterprise values between $100 million and $500 million. The firm, which is based in

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, was founded in 1984. It was founded and funded by S. Curtis Johnson of Racine Wisconsin, heir to the

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History

Since its founding, Wind Point has raised approximately $4.0 billion of investor commitments and completed more than 100 investments and 300 add-on acquisitions across its nine private equity funds. The firm began raising their ninth fund in 2019 with a $1.2 billion target. The firm completed fundraising for its eighth fund in 2017 with $985 million of investor commitments. Wind Point's prior funds were raised in 2009 with $915 million of investor commitments and 2005 with $715 million of investor commitments. Since inception, Wind Point acquisitions have included Pacific Cycle (also maker of Schwinn bicycles),

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References

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External links

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