Leonard Green & Partners

The Managing Partner is John Danhakl, who joined the firm in 1995 and serves on the Investment Committee. The committee also includes Senior Partners Jonathan Seiffer, John Baumer, and Christian W. McCollum, as well as Partners Usama Cortas, Kristofer Galashan, Adam Levyn, Michael Kirton, David Kass, Evan Hershberg, Andrew Goldberg, Cody Franklin, Benjamin Funk, Mike Greenman, David Fox, and Garrett Hall—along with Advisory Partner Timothy Flynn.

LGP states its single-office structure fosters a collaborative culture and nimble decision-making without bureaucracy. The firm opened investor-relations presences in Abu Dhabi and Singapore, but all investment professionals sit in Los Angeles—an uncommon structural choice at this scale that the partnership argues preserves continuity and discipline in its investment process.

LGP primarily executes traditional control buyouts, going-private transactions, recapitalizations, and growth-equity investments. The firm has made over 150 investments since 1989, and it selectively takes public equity and debt positions. Its model emphasizes taking meaningful ownership stakes and deploying in-house operating resources across services and distribution businesses.

The firm primarily focuses on services: consumer, healthcare, and business services, as well as distribution and industrials. LGP describes itself as a partner of choice for market-leading growth companies, often working alongside founders and experienced management teams in those segments.

In 2024, LGP added three Partners: David Fox joined from Blackstone Strategic Partners, Garrett Hall joined from AlpInvest Partners, and Benjamin Funk was promoted internally. The broader partnership and Investment Committee combine longtime senior leaders with newer partners, reinforcing succession depth while preserving the founding culture.

LGP leads most of its transactions and builds control or significant minority positions, though the firm participates in co-investment structures and recapitalizations alongside founders and management teams. It does not operate as a fund-of-funds; its capital is deployed from its own commingled buyout vehicles.

Leonard I. Green founded the firm in 1989 after establishing Gibbons, Green van Amerongen in 1969, one of the earliest New York-based merchant banking firms. Green retired in 2001 and the firm has since evolved under the leadership of Managing Partner John Danhakl and the current partnership.