Kelso & Company
| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Private Equity |
| Founded | 1971 |
| Headquarters | New York City, New York, United States |
Key people | Phil Berney (co-CEO) Frank Loverro (co-CEO) Frank Nickell (chairman) |
| Products | Private equity funds, Leveraged buyouts, Recapitalizations, Growth capital |
| AUM | $11.2 billion |
| Website | www.kelso.com |
Kelso & Company is an American private equity firm focusing on leveraged buyouts, recapitalizations and growth capital transactions. Kelso invests in a variety of sectors, including communication, manufacturing and restaurants. Kelso is based in New York City.
Kelso also provides mezzanine capital through a joint venture with asset management firm BlackRock. Their joint venture, BlackRock Kelso Capital Corp. (Nasdaq: BKCC), is organized as a type of publicly traded private equity company known as a Business Development Company.