With a roster of experienced professionals, Avista Capital Partners specializes in private equity investments that targets growth oriented media, healthcare and energy companies. The company is considered one of the largest private equity firms in the world. Avista Capital Partners is unified by a team of professionals that thrives on an extensive background of collaborative teamwork since their days at DLJ Merchant Banking Partners — one of the world’s largest and most successful investment firms.
The core team of Avista Capital is composed of its co-managing partners, beginning with DLJMB former managing partner Thompson Dean and former chairman of DLJMB Global Energy Partners Steven Webster; David Burgstahler; former chairman of DLJMB Global Healthcare Partners Larry Pickering; OhSang Kwon; David Durkin and Robert Cabes. These individuals, who are responsible for pointing the company to a direction leading to profitability and efficiency, are all experts in the field of private equity.
One of the most important goals of the company is to manage influential minority investments, especially those that are US-based. Avista Capital Partners holds on to a solid paradigm of investing revolving in a Global Partnership Strategy shaped by focus, expertise and good relationship in business. The company believes that this welcomes more than good procurement in the present market. With this strategy, it is no wonder then that Avista has continued to perform strongly as its management continues to work on producing real value that their clients can count on.