Founded in 1986 by Lester Pollack, Centre Partners operates offices in New York and Los Angeles is a leading private equity firm with a middle market focus that seeks to make acquisitions and equity investments alongside management teams who have or desire a meaningful economic stake in the future success of their businesses.
Centre Partners has invested over $3 billion in more than 90 transactions, partnering with management teams across a broad spectrum of industries. Centre Partners provides those teams with access to its unique resources, which include an extended network of experienced and proven operating executives.
Below is a list of current and past portfolio investments in the seafood industry:
American Seafoods Group, LLC
Connors Bros. Income Fund (merged with Bumble Bee in 2004)
Bumble Bee Seafoods, L.L.C. (sold in 2010)
On Friday, Nov. 5, 2010, Lion Capital LLP (“Lion”) is pleased to announce that an agreement has been reached whereby funds advised by Lion Capital will acquire the operating companies of Bumble Bee Foods (“Bumble Bee”), a portfolio company of Centre Partners Management LLC (“Centre Partners”).