Top 10 Private Equity Investors in Retail & Wholesale Industry in the World in 2021 by Deal Value

Apollo Global Management Inc, Hellman & Friedman LLC, EQT AB, KKR & Co Inc, and IMM Private Equity Inc are among the top 5 private equity investors in the retail & wholesale industry in 2021 by deal value. In terms of the geographic split, 7 out of the world’s top 10 private equity investors in the retail & wholesale industry are headquartered in North America whereas the remaining 2 are based in Asia, and 1 is based in Europe. They employed a total of 12,507 people in 2021. The Hellman & Friedman LLC- At Home Group Inc deal was one of the major deals in the retail & wholesale sector in 2021. Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC served as financial advisor and Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP served as legal advisor to the Special Committee. Guggenheim Securities, LLC served as a financial advisor and Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP as legal advisor to Hellman & Friedman. Hellman & Friedman, a private equity firm, has acquired At Home Group Inc, a home decor superstore, for $2.8 billion Under the terms of the agreement. The deal was completed in Q3 2021. The Primavera Capital Group; Tencent Holdings Ltd; Temasek Holdings (HK) Limited; KKR & Co Inc; Sequoia Capital China; China Evergrande Group; FountainVest Partners-Hunan Xingsheng Optimal E-Commerce Co Ltd deal was another major deal in the retail & wholesale sector in 2021. Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP served as legal advisors to KKR & Co Inc for the deal. According to Reuters, Tencent Holdings Ltd, along with FountainVest Partners, Primavera Capital Group, KKR & Co, China Evergrande Group, Temasek, and Sequoia China, have invested $2 billion in Hunan Xingsheng Optimal E-Commerce Co Ltd (Xingsheng Youxuan), an online grocery startup. The deal was completed in Q1 2021.