BOSTON – October 29, 2024 – Berkshire Partners is pleased to announce that the firm has been named to Inc. Magazine’s annual Founder-Friendly Investors list for the second year in a row. The list recognizes leading firms in private equity, venture capital, and debt with records of backing founders and entrepreneurs.

“By strategically focusing on developing meaningful partnerships with founder-led businesses, our firm has a long history of collaborating with founders to drive growth and value creation,” said Josh Lutzker, Managing Director at Berkshire Partners. “On behalf of everyone at Berkshire Partners, we are incredibly proud to continue working with the passionate and ambitious founders in our portfolio, and we extend our gratitude to each of them for their ongoing support and collaboration.”

Over the firm’s 38-year history, Berkshire has partnered with numerous founder-led businesses, helping them with a broad range of operational improvements and growth initiatives. Berkshire is honored to be recognized for the trusted partnerships it has developed with founder-owned businesses. The firm has built invaluable relationships with founders and entrepreneurs across industries, including business services & industrials, consumer, healthcare, and technology & communications.

As part of its selection process, Inc. Magazine speaks with entrepreneurs who have partnered with investment firms to gain detailed insight into the key factors and initiatives that make each organization worthy of being recognized as a founder-friendly firm. Founders completed a questionnaire detailing their overall experience with investment firms and reporting tangible data on how their companies have grown through the duration of these partnerships. 

Award issued October 2024. An entry fee was paid when applying for this award.

About Berkshire Partners

Berkshire Partners is a 100% employee-owned, multi-sector specialist investor in private and public equity. The firm’s private equity team invests in well-positioned, growing companies across business services & industrials, consumer, healthcare, and technology & communications. Since inception, Berkshire Partners has made more than 150 private equity investments and has a strong history of collaborating with management teams to grow the companies in which it invests. The firm's public equity group, Stockbridge, founded in 2007, manages a concentrated portfolio seeking attractive long-term investments. For additional information, visit www.berkshirepartners.com.

About Inc.

The world’s most trusted business-media brand, Inc. offers entrepreneurs the knowledge, tools, connections, and community they need to build great companies. Its award-winning multiplatform content reaches more than 50 million people each month across a variety of channels including websites, newsletters, social media, podcasts, and print. Its prestigious Inc. 5000 list, produced every year since 1982, analyzes company data to recognize the fastest-growing privately held businesses in the United States. The global recognition that comes with inclusion in the 5000 gives the founders of the best businesses an opportunity to engage with an exclusive community of their peers, and the credibility that helps them drive sales and recruit talent. The associated Inc. 5000 Conference is part of a highly acclaimed portfolio of bespoke events produced by Inc. For more information, visit www.inc.com.

Media Contact:

Berkshire Partners
Greg Winter, Head of Communications and Marketing
617-316-6260
gwinter@berkshirepartners.com