Investment Summary

Madison Dearborn Partners Invests In Ruth s Chris Steak House

On January 1, 1999, private equity firm Madison Dearborn Partners invested in restaurant Ruth s Chris Steak House

Investment Highlights
  • This is Madison Dearborn Partners’ 3rd transaction in the Restaurants sector.
  • This is Madison Dearborn Partners’ 13th transaction in the United States.
  • This is Madison Dearborn Partners’ 1st transaction in Louisiana.

Investment Summary

Date 1999-01-01
Target Ruth s Chris Steak House
Sector Restaurants
Investor(s) Madison Dearborn Partners
Deal Type Stake Purchase

Target

Ruth s Chris Steak House

Metairie, Louisiana, United States
Ruth's Chris is one of the largest fine dining restaurant companies in the U.S. Ruth's Chris originated in New Orleans and is now found in cities throughout the United States, foreign countries, and one U.S. territory.

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Investor(S) 1

Investor

Madison Dearborn Partners

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1992
PE ASSETS 31.0B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Madison Dearborn Partners (MDP) is a large private equity firm that targets buyouts of private or publicly held companies, divestitures of larger companies, recapitalizations of family-owned or closely-held companies, acquisition-oriented financings, and financings to fund internal growth. MDP's target investment size is $100 to $600 million in buyout oriented transactions and $100 to $400 million in growth capital commitments. Areas of interest include basic industries (natural resources, chemicals, energy and power, automotive, building products, food, metals and mining, refining, paper, packaging and forest products, and general manufacturing), as well as communications, consumer products/services, financial services, and healthcare. Madison Dearborn Partners was formed in 1992 and is based in Chicago, Illinois.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 13 of 102
Sector (Restaurants) 3 of 3
Type (Stake Purchase) 2 of 13
State (Louisiana) 1 of 2
Country (United States) 13 of 88
Year (1999) 1 of 4
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
1998-08-10 Milnot Holding

St. Louis, Missouri, United States

Milnot produces leading regional branded food products and private-label food products for national distribution. Milnot owns and markets the Beech-Nut brand of baby food.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
1999-01-18 WNP Communications

Earlysville, Virginia, United States

WNP Communications, Inc. is a provider of broadband wireless services.

Sell $695M