Ridgemont Equity Partners

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Ridgemont Equity Partners is a private equity firm focused on investing in mid-market companies in the US in certain industries such as basic industries, energy, healthcare, telecommunications, media and technology. The company focuses on investing US $ 25 million to US $ 75 million.

Before forming Ridgemont in 2010, the team had previously been known as BAML Capital Partners, and before that Bank of America Capital Investors. Since 1993, Ridgemont and its predecessors have invested more than US $ 3 billion in equity capital.

The company is based in Charlotte, North Carolina.

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predecessor

Ridgemont Equity Partners completed a spinout from Bank of America in 2010, before becoming known as BAML Capital Partners. In turn, BAML Capital Partners traced its roots back to 1993 with the establishment of Bank of America Capital Investors.

From 2009 to 2010, BAML Capital Partners is a private equity unit and a Mezzanine investment unit of Bank of America Merrill Lynch. BAML Capital Partners was formed in 2009 after the merger of Bank of America and Merrill Lynch from a combination of equity units of each bank: Bank of America Capital Investors (BACI) and Merrill Lynch Global Private Equity (MLGPE).

After the acquisition of Merrill Lynch by Bank of America, MLGPE stopped making new investments. Bank of America Capital Investors, the private equity division of Bank of America has historically made investments far less than MLGPE. Both units were integrated in early 2009 with the elimination of many MLGPE teams.

Merrill Lynch Global Private Equity

Merrill Lynch Global Private Equity (MLGPE) is a private equity investment arm of Merrill Lynch, before merger with Bank of America. MLGPE's business is focused on increased fund purchases and capital investments in various industries. MLGPE is one of the most active investment banking programs sponsored by investment banking in the mid-2000s buying boom.

The company, based in New York City, was founded in 1996. Since its inception, MLGPE has invested more than US $ 5 billion in capital in over 30 companies.

Among the most prominent group investments are some of the largest leveraged purchases in the last decade including The Hertz Corporation, Hospital Corporation of America, Debenhams and Rexel.