The Riverside Company is a global private equity firm focused on acquiring leading small and medium-sized enterprises (with a value of up to $200 million/€200 million) and partnering with strong management teams to enhance the success of its companies through acquisitions and organic growth. Since its founding in 1988, the firm has invested in more than 250 acquisitions with a total enterprise value of $5.2 billion/€4.2 billion. As of January 2012, the investment portfolio in North America, Europe and the Asia-Pacific region includes more than 75 companies with approximately 13,000 employees. Riverside offers the resources to complete acquisitions smoothly – thanks to $3.2 billion in assets under management, its more than 200 professionals in 20 offices (Atlanta, Brussels, Budapest, Chicago, Cleveland, Dallas, Hong Kong, London, Los Angeles, Luxembourg, Madrid, Melbourne, Munich, New York, Prague, San Francisco, Seoul, Stockholm, Tokyo and Warsaw) and its longstanding relationships with partner lenders. The firm’s investors include the world’s leading pension funds, endowments, funds of funds, insurance companies and banks.