Private Equity Firm Financial Services

Equity Group Investments

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Equity Group Investments (EGI) is Sam Zell’s private investment firm. Backed by private capital, EGI is flexible and opportunistic, focusing on control investments in middle-market operating businesses and partnering with portfolio company management to scale companies across industries.

Focus Areas
Direct investing, Middle-market control investments, Private investment firm
Website
egizell.com

Tracked deals

4

4 tracked deals across 2019-2023.

Recent pace

0

0 tracked deals announced in the last 12 months.

Deal mix

Growth capital

4 growth capital

Equity Group Investments Acquisition Volume by Year

Last 4 years

Acquisition volume by year Annual acquisition counts for the last 4 years for Equity Group Investments. 1 2019 1 2021 1 2022 1 2023

Supporting Data

Recent Transactions

  • Buyer
    Equity Group Investments
    Target
    CraneWorks

    Equity Group Investments (EGI) has made an investment in CraneWorks, a Houston-based dealer and rental provider of truck-mounted and mobile cranes. The founders and senior management will remain as owners and leaders while EGI will join the board and provide capital and strategic support to fund greenfield expansion, acquisitions, and growth of equipment sales, rental, and parts & service operations.

  • Buyer
    Equity Group Investments
    Target
    East Coast Warehouse & Distribution

    Equity Group Investments (EGI), Sam Zell's private investment firm, announced an investment in East Coast Warehouse (ECW), a temperature-controlled third-party logistics provider. The partnership will provide capital for add-on acquisitions and strategic support as ECW expands into new geographies; ECW's senior management will remain in place and retain an ownership stake. Terms were not disclosed.

  • Buyer
    Equity Group Investments (EGI)
    Target
    Paper Transport
    Industry
    Transportation

    Sam Zell’s private investment firm Equity Group Investments (EGI) has invested in Paper Transport, a Wisconsin-based for-hire truckload carrier. The partnership provides growth capital and strategic support while Paper Transport’s senior management remain in place and retain an ownership stake; proceeds will be used to pursue add-on acquisitions, expand brokerage and intermodal capabilities, and accelerate geographic growth.

  • Buyer
    Equity Group Investments (EGI)
    Target
    Lanter Delivery Systems

    Equity Group Investments (EGI), the private investment firm of Sam Zell, invested in and led a capital raise for Lanter Delivery Systems, a provider of overnight unattended delivery services for OEMs and industrial distributors. EGI partners Mark Sotir and Evan Harwood will join Lanter’s board as the company looks to pursue new growth opportunities across its network of nearly 100 cross-dock facilities in the U.S.; terms were not disclosed.

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