Wind Point Partners

Wind Point Partners is a Chicago-based private equity firm specializing in growth capital investments and leveraged buyouts in middle-market companies. The firm focuses on the following industry sectors: Consumer Products, Industrial Products, and Business Services. Wind Point's strategy involves partnering with executives who typically have run a P&L of $1 billion or greater to acquire businesses with enterprise values between $100 million and $500 million.

Founded in 1984, Wind Point has raised approximately $7 billion in investor commitments and completed more than 100 investments and 300 add-on acquisitions across its ten private equity funds. The firm began raising their tenth fund in 2024 with a $2.3 billion hard cap, exceeding the fund's $1.7 billion target. Wind Point's prior funds were raised in 2019 with $1.2 billion of investor commitments and 2017 with $985 million of investor commitments.

Since inception, Wind Point acquisitions have included Pacific Cycle (also maker of Schwinn bicycles), Bushnell Corporation, Bakery Chef, Gehl Foods, Radienz Living (formerly named US Nonwovens), and Ames True Temper. The firm has a history of creating value in the Pet Industry, with investments such as Evans Food Group, and in the industrial products sector, with investments like Aurora Plastics and Paragon Films.

Wind Point's approach emphasizes operational excellence, omnichannel sales and marketing, enhanced technology, and accretive mergers and acquisitions as key drivers of value creation. The firm's Managing Directors average more than 20 years of tenure at the firm and are highly engaged across all aspects of the firm, well-positioned for the future.

Wind Point's Executive Advisor Partner (EAP) program is comprised of more than 40 high-caliber executives who are closely aligned with the firm and contribute across all aspects of the investment process. This program has been instrumental in the firm's success, providing strategic guidance and operational expertise to portfolio companies.

The firm's portfolio includes companies such as SIGMA Companies International Corp., a manufacturer and supplier of waterworks infrastructure products, and MOREgroup, a family of leading architecture and engineering brands focused on education, healthcare, and government end markets. These investments reflect Wind Point's commitment to partnering with top-caliber management teams to acquire well-positioned middle-market businesses with a clear path to value creation.

Wind Point's reputation as a partner of choice for business owners and talented executives seeking more than just capital is built upon its long and successful history, tenured and cycle-tested team, and repeatable playbook for transformation and value creation. The firm's focus on building businesses the right way and for long-term value has made it a preferred partner to family business owners, entrepreneurs, and management teams seeking a transformation catalyst.

With a dedicated team of professionals and a strong track record of success, Wind Point Partners continues to be a leading private equity firm in Chicago, committed to driving transformational value creation in quality businesses across various sectors.