Wind Point Partners Acquires RTIC Outdoors
September 9, 2020
Wind Point Partners, a Chicago-based private equity firm, has acquired RTIC Outdoors, the largest direct-to-consumer provider of premium coolers, tumblers, bottles and travel bags based in Houston, Texas. The Jacobsen brothers retain meaningful ownership stakes and will remain involved while Wind Point installs Bill Pond as CEO to drive the company's next phase of DTC eCommerce growth and leadership succession.
- Buyers
- Wind Point Partners
- Targets
- RTIC Outdoors
- Sellers
- Jim Jacobsen, John Jacobsen
- Industry
- Consumer Products
- Location
- Texas, United States
- Transaction Type
- Buyout
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