Ardian, founded in 1996 and led by Dominique Senequier, is an independent private investment company with assets of US$67bn managed or advised in Europe, North America and Asia. The company, which is majority owned by its employees, keeps entrepreneurship at its heart and delivers investment performance to its global investors while fuelling growth in economies across the world. Ardian’s investment process embodies three values: excellence, loyalty and entrepreneurship.
Ardian maintains a truly global network, with more than 490 employees working through thirteen offices in Paris, London, Frankfurt, Milan, Madrid, Zurich, New York, San Francisco, Beijing, Tokyo, Singapore, Jersey and Luxembourg.
The company offers its c.700 investors a diversified choice of funds covering the full range of asset classes, including Ardian Funds of Funds (primary, early secondary and secondary), Ardian Private Debt, Ardian Direct Funds (including Ardian Buyout Europe & North America, Ardian Expansion, Ardian Growth and Ardian Co-Investment), Ardian Infrastructure, Ardian Real Estate and Ardian Mandates.
Ardian is an employee-controlled company: c. 80% of Ardian employees are shareholders of the company, with a total of 55.66% of its capital.