Francisco Partners Ranked #1 by HEC Paris-Dow Jones as the Top Global Large Buyout Performer in 2024
'We are honored to once again be recognized by HEC Paris-Dow Jones as the top-performing global private equity firm,' said Dipanjan 'DJ' Deb, FP's CEO and Co-Founder. 'This award reflects the entire FP team's relentless hard work and dedication to excellence. While this data reflects our achievements over the past 15 years, we recognize that past performance does not ensure future success, and we are constantly focused on never taking anything for granted. All of us at FP are thankful to our limited partners who have invested with our firm over the past 25 years. We are grateful to the portfolio executives, founders and employees who have helped us deliver industry leading results. Ultimately, our success is the result of the founders and leaders of the FP portfolio executing on their visions.'
Since 2009, HEC Paris and Dow Jones have collaborated to provide rankings of PE Firms based on their historic performance and expected future competitiveness respectively. The HEC Paris-Dow Jones Private Equity Performance Ranking is the annual quantitative performance ranking created by HEC Paris Business School and Dow Jones and is authored by HEC Paris strategy professor Oliver Gottschalg. For the 2024 rankings, HEC Paris analyzed performance data from 649 PE firms and the 2662 funds they raised between 2011 and 2020 with an aggregate equity volume of $2.29 trillion.
About Francisco Partners
Francisco Partners is a leading global investment firm that specializes in partnering with technology and technology-enabled businesses. Since its launch over 25 years ago, Francisco Partners has invested in over 450 technology companies, making it one of the most active and longstanding investors in the technology industry. With over $50 billion in capital raised to date, the firm invests in opportunities where its deep sectoral knowledge and operational expertise can help companies realize their full potential. For more information on Francisco Partners, please visit www.franciscopartners.com.
*For further detail on this 2024 HEC ranking, including the study's methodology, please see the complete performance rankings, published February 6, 2025:.
The HEC rankings referenced above and below are the opinion of the respective parties conducting the rankings, and are not representative of any client experience. Past performance and such rankings are not indicative or a guarantee of future results. For further detail on the 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, and 2020 rankings, including methodology, please visit each link for the complete performance rankings: 2024 study, 2023 study, 2022 study, 2021 study, and 2020 study
. These rankings analyzed aggregate performance based on buyout funds raised between 2011 and 2020 (2024 study), 2010 and 2019 (2023 study), 2009 and 2018 (2022 study), 2008 and 2017 (2021 study), and 2007 and 2016 (2020 study) by managers who had raised at least $5 billion (2024-2023 studies) and $3 billion (2022-2020 studies) in aggregate, had 10 observation years (sum of the age of all funds), and had at least two funds raised between 2011-2020 (2024 study), 2010-2019 (2023 study), 2009-2018 (2022 study), 2008-2017 (2021 study), and 2007-2016 (2020 study) with full performance available. The criteria were applied to 649 (2024 study), 632 (2023 study), 563 (2022 study), 517 (2021 study), and 529 (2020 study) private equity firms which reported performance to HEC or for which Preqin data was available, resulting in a ranking of 111 firms (2024 study), 101 firms (2023 study), 75 firms (2022 study), 64 firms (2021 study), and 102 firms (2020 study). Such rankings should not be considered an endorsement of FP. There can be no assurance other surveys would reach the same conclusions as the foregoing.
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