GTCR LLC

What drove GTCR’s success in 2024? Our management partners, our people, our expertise and our approach. Watch some of the highlights from the past year below and check out our full 2024 Year in Review here: ?https://lnkd.in/gnkdSkR5

Congratulations to GTCR portfolio company Foundation Source which has announced a partnership with Northern Trust to jointly support the growing technology, operational and administrative needs of private foundations. Northern Trust is a longstanding, trusted partner for private foundations and its clients will now have access to Foundation Source’s best-in-class, cloud-based foundation management platform. Read more about this exciting milestone below.

GTCR is pleased to announce the final close of its Strategic Growth Fund II with approximately $3.6 billion in aggregate commitments. GTCR initiated fundraising in the fall of 2024, and the oversubscribed Fund surpassed its target of $2.75 billion. The fund will continue to pursue GTCR’s value-added, growth-oriented approach to building great businesses, leveraging its Leaders Strategy? of partnering with exceptional management teams who have strong track records of value creation. Learn more here: https://lnkd.in/ecQtKmJc

GTCR’s Collin Roche recently sat down with Hugh MacArthur for the Bain & Company Dry Powder podcast. Collin and Hugh discussed GTCR’s more than 40-year track record in the private equity industry and the firm’s unique approach to partnering with management and building great companies. Give it a listen here: https://lnkd.in/eC3HvAMf

Today, GTCR honors the life and work of the civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. It is also a National Day of Service, where we recognize the compassion and community engagement that define Dr. King's legacy. As a firm, we are committed to helping serve the communities in which we work and live, and to upholding the values of inclusivity and equality.

GTCR is pleased to announce that it has agreed to make a strategic investment in Winged Keel Group, an independent life insurance brokerage firm specializing in estate planning, to fuel the Company’s growth. In connection with the transaction, Managing Principal, Eric Naison-Phillips, also will assume the role of CEO. Read more here:?https://lnkd.in/dtPT7kUd

Congratulations to Susan Cosgrove on being named CEO of GTCR portfolio company R&T Deposit Solutions. Susan is an experienced leader who has already had a tremendous impact in her role as Executive Chairperson of R&T. We look forward to continuing to work with her going forward!?

GTCR is pleased to announce the acquisition of Concord Servicing, a leading provider of software and administration services for specialized loan servicing. The firm is partnering in this Leaders Strategy? investment with experienced lender and credit services executive Dhruv Vakharia, who has joined the Company as CEO. Read more about the transaction here:?https://lnkd.in/e7n8qxsk

This week, GTCR published our annual Healthcare newsletter, summarizing the team's investment and portfolio activity over the last 12 months. Highlights include: - Platform acquisition of Caravel Autism Health - Announced acquisitions of TRANZACT and Surmodics, Inc. - Management startup Avryo Healthcare’s platform acquisition of 7 to 7 Dental & Orthodontics - Sale of a minority stake in Equiti to Heritage Group To learn more about these investments and management teams, read the full newsletter here: https://lnkd.in/eeD6qrWU

GTCR is pleased to announce the sale of AssuredPartners, a leading independent insurance broker, to Gallagher, a global insurance brokerage, risk management and consulting services firm, for $13.45 billion. The all-cash transaction culminates a successful 13-year Leaders Strategy? partnership with industry veteran Jim Henderson, over which time he and the AssuredPartners team built and grew the company into the 11th largest insurance broker in the U.S. Read more here: https://lnkd.in/eYgYG4XB