MBK Partners

Founded in 2005, MBK Partners focuses on strategic investment activities in South Korea, Japan and China with local market operations in Seoul, Tokyo, Hong Kong, Beijing and Shanghai. The private equity firm invests in and acquires industry-leading companies in North Asia. Co-founded by Michael B. Kim and five other partners, MBK Partners is the largest independent private equity firm in North Asia, managing over $30 billion in assets. The firm’s investors include financial institutions, sovereign wealth funds, public pensions, funds of funds and foundations and endowments from Korea, Japan, China, Southeast Asia, Western Europe, the Middle East and North America. The MBK Partners strategies include Buyouts and Special Situations. Buyouts investment teams, located in Seoul, Tokyo, Hong Kong and Shanghai, acquire companies at the forefront of their industries with sustainable competitive advantages and strong cash flows and earnings. Buyouts centers on four core sectors: telecommunications/media/technology, financial services, consumer/retail and healthcare. Special Situations invests in companies experiencing barriers to capital access due to the development stage and other circumstances. Special Situations investments happen across levels of capital structure: minority equity, equity hybrid instrument, junior credit and senior credit in primary and secondary markets.Read more ⏷