Long-Term Business
Partners for over a century
About Bessemer Investors
We partner with middle-market businesses to support growth and enhance value creation. We differentiate ourselves by combining the support of a permanent institutional capital base with a team of experienced private equity professionals. This platform offers unique solutions to our partners and the flexibility to maximize long-term value.
Cape Hatteras Lighthouse, on one of the land donations made by the Phipps family, the backers of Bessemer Investors.
The Bessemer Advantage
Our experienced investment team, flexible capital base, and the Bessemer network create distinct advantages compared to traditional private equity and family offices.
Flexible Mandate and Long-Term Orientation
Rapid Decision-Making and Transparency
Legacy of Investing with Integrity
Connectivity with the Bessemer Network
These advantages make us the ideal supportive steward for family-owned and management led businesses. We also pursue investments in high quality, sponsor or corporate-owned businesses in sectors we know.
A Bessemer investment vehicle certificate of incorporation from 1924.
Investment
criteria
We target equity investments of $50 – $150 million in market leading businesses in sectors where our principals have relevant expertise, or situations where our longer-term capital base makes us a preferred partner.
Selected Investment
Portfolio
Our Team
The Bessemer Investors team has extensive experience at leading private equity firms (Warburg Pincus, Madison Dearborn Partners, AEA Investors, Pegasus Capital Advisors, Windrose Health Investors, Sightway Capital, Olympus Partners). With decades of experience investing in private companies, we have the expertise, network, and resources to help build exceptional companies.