Jordan Company
The Jordan Company is a private equity firm focused on leveraged buyout and management buyout investments in smaller middle-market companies across a range of industries.
The firm, which is based in New York City, was founded in 1982. The Jordan Company was founded by John W. Jordan II, prior to which he spent nine years at Carl Marks & Co., a merchant banking firm.
Since its founding, the firm has completed over 90 investments and raised approximately $6 billion of investor commitments across its two Jordan Resolute funds and older pledge vehicles. Jordan's 2002 fund raised $1.5 billion of commitments and its second fund in 2007 raised $3.6 billion of capital.
Among the dozens of current and prior investments completed by TJC are the following: American Safety Razor Company, Bojangles' Famous Chicken 'n Biscuits, Carmike Cinemas, Fannie May, Great American Cookie, Harvey Gulf, Lepage's Industries, Lincoln Industrial Corporation, Newflo Corporation, RockShox, Rockwood Industries, TAL International Group, Universal Technical Institute and Vivid Imaginations.
In 2018, the company raised $3.63 billion for its fourth fund, according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
