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| Company type | Private |
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| Industry | Private equity |
| Founded | 1980 |
| Founder | Charles F. Feeney |
| Headquarters | New York, NY, United States |
Number of locations | 16 offices |
Key people | Bill Ford (CEO) Anton Levy Gabriel Caillaux Martín Escobari (co-presidents) |
| Products | Growth capital |
| AUM | US$84.4 billion (2022)[1] |
Number of employees | 496 (2022)[1] |
| Website | generalatlantic |
General Atlantic, legal main entity General Atlantic Service Company, L.P., (also known as "GA") is an American growth equity firm providing capital and strategic support for global growth companies, headquartered in New York, United States.[2] The firm was founded in 1980 as the captive investment team for Atlantic Philanthropies, a philanthropic organization founded by Charles F. Feeney, the billionaire co-founder of Duty Free Shoppers Ltd.[3]
As of November 2021, General Atlantic has over $86 billion in assets under management and focuses on investments across five sectors, including Technology, Consumer, Financial Services, Healthcare, and Life Sciences. The firm has 185 investment professionals based in New York City, Stamford, Palo Alto, São Paulo, London, Munich, Amsterdam, Beijing, Hong Kong, Mumbai, Shanghai, Mexico City, Singapore, and Jakarta.[4][5]
In June 2023, General Atlantic were ranked ninth in Private Equity International's PEI 300 ranking of the largest private equity firms in the world.[6][7]
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- ^ "About General Atlantic". Retrieved April 27, 2021.
- ^ "General Atlantic Offices". General Atlantic. Retrieved April 29, 2021.
- ^ "PEI 300 | The Largest Private Equity Firms in the World". Private Equity International. June 1, 2023. Retrieved June 2, 2023.
- ^ Farman, Madeleine (June 1, 2023). "Blackstone once again crowned largest private equity fundraiser in PEI 300". Private Equity International. Retrieved June 2, 2023.