We are the principal investing arm of Wachovia Corporation and have invested over $3.5 billion since inception.
We are an experienced team of private equity professionals who have invested in partnership with each other since 1988.
"Wachovia Capital Partners has been an investor in CapitalSource since our inception and has continued to play a leadership role following our IPO in advising us on our capital raising and strategic efforts as we have grown to over $6 billion in total assets."
John Delaney, Chairman and CEO
CapitalSource, Inc. (NYSE: CSE)
"Wachovia Capital Partners has been a great partner to Ruth's Chris. In 1999, when Ruth Fertel, our company's founder, and her family were looking for liquidity, Wachovia Capital Partners structured a creative preferred security that allowed for the completion of the acquisition of the company by Madison Dearborn Partners. This allowed the Fertel family to successfully meet their liquidity objectives."
Tom Pennison, Jr., CFO
Ruth's Chris Steak House, Inc. (NASDAQ: RUTH)
"Wachovia Capital Partners provided a creative one-stop solution of equity and mezzanine capital, and completed the financing of our buyout within 30 days of our initial meeting. The following year, they generated a creative idea for a recapitalization transaction involving the General Partner, and again provided a single-source solution that other providers of capital could not."
Richard D. Kinder, Chairman, President, and CEO
Kinder Morgan, Inc. (NYSE: KMI)
"The Wachovia Capital Partners team led a recapitalization of NEP in the summer of 2000 and has been instrumental in our success. They helped us to identify three strategic acquisitions and to put the necessary systems and people in place that enabled us to more than double the size of the company in four years."
Debbie Honkus, President
NEP Broadcasting, LLC
"I have enjoyed a long-term relationship with Wachovia Capital Partners—they recruited me to NuVox after having backed me at Triton Cellular. As the company's first institutional investor, they remained committed partners to NuVox as we weathered the telecom downturn and are a big part of the reason we are a successful $350 million business today."
James W. Akerhielm, CEO
NuVox Communications, Inc.
"Wachovia Capital Partners established a relationship with us years before their initial investment and consistently worked to build a long term partnership with our company. They understand the dialysis industry and have provided us valuable guidance and support on multiple fronts, including strategy, corporate development, and financing. When it came time to raise capital in 2004 and again in 2005, they were the obvious choice, and they have become our most significant shareholder."
Chris Ford, CEO
American Renal Holdings, LLC
"Wachovia Capital Partners has been with us from the day we wrote our first insurance policy through the pricing of our initial public offering. They are great partners who give you room to run, but are always there as a sounding board to help my team sort through both opportunities and challenges."
J. Adam Abram, President and CEO
James River Specialty (NASDAQ: JRVR)
"We chose Wachovia Capital Partners because they are experienced and proven investing professionals with a long term, flexible approach to their business. They provided us a creatively structured investment that was tailored to our situation and consistently supported our growth and development with immensely helpful advice, ideas, contacts, and resources."
Terry Douglas, Chairman and CEO
CTI Molecular Imaging, Inc. (Formerly NYSE: CTMI)
"I have partnered with Wachovia Capital Partners twice over the past five years. They have tremendous knowledge of the energy markets and bring insights and experiences to the boardroom that are invaluable as we look to grow our business."
Tim Leach, CEO
Concho Resources, Inc.
