RLJ Equity Partners

RLJ Equity Partners is a middle-market private equity firm focused on generating long-term capital appreciation by investing in profitable and growing businesses led by strong management teams. Founded in 2006 by Robert L. Johnson, the firm primarily invests in North American companies with enterprise valuations between $25 million and $100 million. Their investment approach includes traditional buyouts, recapitalizations, growth equity infusions, and add-on acquisitions. The firm seeks opportunities where it can partner with proven and motivated management teams to create value through a combination of strategic capital and operational insight.

The firm's investment strategy targets industries where the principals and the RLJ Executive Network have experience, including aerospace, business and industrial services, transportation and logistics, media and telecom, retail, and value-added manufacturing. RLJ Equity Partners has a history of active investments, such as the acquisition of Ogle School, a leading provider of cosmetology and esthetics career education in Texas, and the recapitalization of three companies to create Flow Service Partners, a provider of HVACR and plumbing services in Florida and Indiana.

RLJ Equity Partners leverages its founder's unique executive-level access across industries, providing portfolio companies with strategic insights and growth opportunities. The firm's experienced investment team has close to 100 years of private equity experience and has invested over $1.0 billion in more than 50 transactions at RLJ and other firms. Additionally, RLJ's ability to certify portfolio companies as Minority Business Enterprises (MBE) can be a significant advantage for businesses working with Fortune 1000 companies that have supplier diversity initiatives.