Hauser Private Equity

Hauser Private Equity, established in 2008, is a Cincinnati-based asset manager specializing in direct co-investments and fund of fund investments in the private equity space. The firm focuses on lower and middle-market control buyout firms, growth equity, and subordinated debt, primarily in the United States. It targets companies with annual revenues between $100 million and $300 million and EBITDA between $10 million and $50 million, typically investing in consumer packaged goods, industrials, health care, retail, and financial services sectors. Hauser Private Equity seeks to take controlling stakes of at least 51 percent and prefers to take a board seat. It aims to exit investments after an anticipated four-year holding period through a sale to a financial or strategic buyer or an initial public offering. The firm has additional offices in Los Angeles, California, Santa Monica, California, and Chicago, Illinois.