Business is a series of next steps.
Of defining your goals and then setting a plan for achieving them.
But you know this because you’ve already been there.
It began the day you started your business.
And it’s continued with a string of milestones since.
Now you are the proud owner of a successful business.
But you know there’s another next step.
One that you can’t reach alone, so you are looking for a boost.
But not just anyone with a checkbook will do.
This is still your business, and you’re not ready to walk away.
You need a collaborator, not a boss.
Someone whose interests are aligned with yours.
Someone to provide guidance and support.
Who can help you access new opportunities.
Someone who shares your entrepreneurial spirit.
You need someone to invest in your vision, not just your profits.
At Gallagher, we are a family-held private equity firm whose mission is to maximize the long-term value of targeted private equity partnerships.
We seek to partner with entrepreneurs who have a deep desire to take their business to the next level—who want to stay involved and run their day-to-day operations with the support of a great partner to help them manage the big picture.
For our partner businesses, we provide additional value through our strategic guidance, our expertise in building businesses, our operational knowledge and our business instincts.
By striving to create long-term value instead of short-term returns, we consistently turn our portfolio investments into enduring business success stories. For more than 30 years, we have used this model to establish a proven track record of taking good businesses and building them into companies of greater significance.
At Gallagher, we’ve established a unique model for success built around a vision for a more entrepreneurial approach to private equity investment. It’s an approach that is only effective when applied to the right opportunities, which is why we’re selective about the businesses we contemplate partnering with, just as a business should be selective about the equity firms they consider. Because we focus on creating value through a long-term partnership, we look for opportunities that are a good fit for everyone involved.
The long-term value-building focus of the Gallagher model means we don’t have a long list of current and former portfolio companies, which is by design. What we do have is a highly select roster of extremely satisfied, successful companies with whom we are proud to have established partnerships.
