Bain Capital, LP is one of the world’s leading private investment firms with approximately $180 billion of assets under management that creates lasting impact for our investors, teams, businesses, and the communities in which we live. Since our founding in 1984, we’ve applied our insight and experience to organically expand into several asset classes including private equity, credit, public equity, venture capital and real estate. We leverage our shared platform to capture cross-asset class opportunities in strategic areas of focus. With offices on four continents, our global team aligns our interests with those of our investors for lasting impact.

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About Bain Capital

We are one of the world’s leading private investment firms with approximately $180 billion in assets under management that creates lasting impact for our investors, teams, businesses and the communities in which we live. Founded in 1984, we pioneered a consulting-based approach to private equity investing, partnering closely with management teams to offer the insights that challenge conventional thinking, build great businesses and improve operations. Over time, we have organically expanded this approach across asset classes to build one of the strongest alternative asset platforms in the world.

Today, our teams strive to create value through private equity, public equity, fixed income, credit, venture capital and real estate investments across multiple sectors, industries, and geographies. We believe that our people and the shared values we’ve espoused since our founding remain the core of our competitive advantage. This has empowered us to deliver an enduring impact to a diverse group of investors including pensions, endowments, foundations and individuals.

Our Purpose and Values

We invest and engage in business to drive positive and lasting impact for companies, employees, communities and the environment.

We develop exceptional partnerships

We are personally invested in each other's success. We know that great outcomes come from diverse teams.

We challenge conventional thinking

We think differently. We nurture a culture of deeply objective inquiry and seek the full potential in every opportunity. We respect the power of facts.

We work with tenacity

We roll up our sleeves, dig in, and come to work every day searching for better outcomes. We relentlessly tackle tough problems. We see things through.

We believe character matters

We embrace personal integrity, humility and citizenship. We act with empathy and conviction.

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Your Opportunity

Bain Capital offers you the opportunity to build a rewarding career where you can…

  • Accelerate your professional growth with supportive leaders who invest in you
  • Be individually empowered and accountable as part of a collaborative, diverse, and inclusive team
  • Act with confidence but also humility
  • Own your work and its outcomes while driving positive impact in all we do
  • Share in a culture of excellence with a continuous improvement mindset

If you are interested in joining our team, click here to explore current open positions. Individuals seeking investment positions should inquire through their universities.

Our History

In 1984, former Bain & Company partners founded Bain Capital as a private partnership focused on deploying management consulting strategy to private equity investing. Since our founding, Bain Capital has remained highly aligned to our limited partners and grown to become one of the world’s largest private, multi-asset investing firms. Bain Capital is a private, employee-owned company.


BAIN CAPITAL MILESTONES


Private Equity January 1984

Bain Capital Private Equity
founded in Boston

1984
Private Equity December 1984

Fund I raised $37M

Private Equity March 1987

Fund II raised $106M

Private Equity June 1989

Fund III raised $60M

Private Equity February 1993

Fund IV raised $300M

Private Equity March 1995

Fund V raised $500M

Public Equity October 1996

Bain Capital Public Equity
founded in Boston

1996
Credit January 1998

Bain Capital Credit
founded in Boston

1998
Private Equity September 1998

Fund VI raised $1.2B

Credit May 1999

Inception of first U.S.
cash flow Collateralized
Loan Obligation (“CLO”)
(Great Point 1999-1)

Private Equity January 2000

Opening of
London office

2000
Private Equity March 2000

Opening of
New York office

2000
Venture May 2000

Bain Capital Ventures
founded in Boston

2000
Private Equity December 2000

Fund VII raised $3.1B

Credit January 2001

Inception of
Senior Loan (“SL”)
Strategy

Private Equity March 2001

First Europe Fund
(VII-E) raised
$500M

2001
Venture March 2001

Fund 2001 raised $250M

Private Equity January 2002

Opening of Munich office

2002
Private Equity August 2002

Opening of Luxembourg office

2002
Credit December 2002

Launch of the Credit Opportunities Program ("COPs")

Credit December 2002

Credit Opportunities I ("COPs I") holds final close

Private Equity March 2004

Fund VIII raised $4.1B

Private Equity March 2004

Second Europe Fund
(VIII-E) raised €1B

2004
Venture August 2004

Fund 2005 raised $258M

Private Equity

Opening of Shanghai, Tokyo, and Hong Kong Offices

2005
Credit

Opening of Chicago and London Offices

2005
Credit April 2005

Acquires and assumes management of Katonah Collateralized Loan Obligations ("CLOs")

Credit December 2005

Credit Opportunities II (“COPs II”) holds final close

Private Equity April 2006

Fund IX raised $10B

Credit July 2006

Inception of first Euro cash flow Collateralized Loan Obligation (“CLO”) (Nash Point I)

2006
Private Equity March 2007

First Asia Fund (A-I) raised

2007
Credit March 2007

Credit Opportunities III (“COPs III”) holds final close

Venture March 2007

Fund 2007 raised $500M

Private Equity October 2007

Fund X raised $11.8B

Private Equity January 2008

Opening of Mumbai office

2008
Private Equity April 2008

Third Europe Fund (E-III) raised €3.5B

Credit July 2008

Credit Opportunities IV (“COPs IV”) holds final close

Credit March 2009

Opening of New York office

2009
Credit February 2009

Inception of Bain Capital Senior Loan Fund, LP (“SLF”)

Venture November 2009

Fund 2009 raised $467 million

Credit April 2010

Bain Capital Middle Market Credit ("MMC 10") holds final close

Venture July 2011

Opening of Palo Alto office

2011
Private Equity February 2011

Second Asia Fund (A-II) raised $2B

Credit April 2011

Inception of Bain Capital High Income Partnership, LP (“HIP”)

Venture January 2012

Fund 2012 raised $600M

Venture March 2012

Opening of New York office

2012
Credit February 2013

Opening of
Melbourne office

2013
Credit January 2013

Bain Capital Distressed and Special Situations 2013 (“DSS 13”) holds final close

Credit November 2013

Inception of Senior Direct Lending ("SDL") Strategy

Credit December 2013

Bain Capital Middle Market Credit 14 (“MMC 14”) holds final close

CLO Partners (“CLOPs”) holds final close

Credit October 2014

Opening of Dublin office

2014
Credit November 2014

Opening of
Hong Kong office

2014
Private Equity March 2014

Fund XI raised $6.5B

Venture June 2014

Fund 2014 raised $650M Coinvestment Fund I raised $200M

Private Equity August 2014

Fourth Europe Fund (E-IV) raised €3.5B

Private Equity August 2014

Launch of Bain Capital Senior Loan Fund’s Socially Responsible Investment, LP (“SRI”) sleeve

Venture February 2015

Opening of San Francisco office

2015
Double Impact April 2015

Bain Capital Double
Impact founded

2015
Private Equity November 2015

Opening of Sydney office

2015
Credit May 2015

Bain Capital Direct Lending 2015 holds final close

Private Equity September 2015

Third Asia Fund (A-III) raised $3B

Credit December 2015

Acquires and assumes management of Collateralized Loan Obligation (“CLO”) Cavalry II, III, IV, and V

Life Sciences June 2016

Bain Capital Life Sciences founded

2016
Venture July 2016

Fund 2016 raised $600 million

Credit August 2016

Distressed and Special Situations 16 (“DSS 16”) holds final close

Credit October 2016

Bain Capital Specialty Finance, Inc., a Business Development Company (BDC), launches

Credit August 2017

Opening of
Sydney office

2017
Credit April 2017
Credit May 2017

Inception of Bain Capital Structured Credit Fund (“SCF”)

Life Sciences May 2017

Life Sciences Fund I closed $600M

Double Impact May 2017

Double Impact Fund I closed $350M

Private Equity July 2017

Fund XII raised $8B

Credit January 2018

Opening of Guangzhou office

2018
Credit February 2018

Opening of Madrid office

2018
Credit August 2018

Opening of Seoul office

2018
Private Equity March 2018
Real Estate February 2018

Bain Capital Real Estate founded in Boston

Credit April 2018

Bain Capital Special Situations Asia holds final close

Private Equity June 2018

Fifth Europe Fund (E-V) raised €4.35B

Partnership Strategies August 2018

Bain Capital Partnership Strategies commercialized

Credit August 2018
Credit November 2018

Bain Capital Specialty Finance, Inc. IPO

Venture November 2018

Fund 2019 raised $650M

Venture November 2018

Coinvestment Fund II raised $250M

Private Equity December 2018

Fourth Asia Fund (A-IV) raised $4B

Tech Opportunities June 2019

Bain Capital Tech Opportunities founded in Boston

Credit October 2019

Opening of Mumbai office

Credit March 2019

Bain Capital Special Situations Europe holds final close

Life Sciences May 2019

Life Sciences Fund II raised $975M

Real Estate July 2019

Real Estate Fund I raised $1.5B

Credit September 2019
Credit October 2019
Credit February 2019
Credit January 2020

Opening of Singapore office

Credit May 2020
Credit July 2020
Double Impact October 2020
Tech Opportunities October 2020
Venture December 2020

Bain Capital By the Numbers

1984

BAIN CAPITAL FOUNDED

From our founding as a private equity firm, we’ve extended our approach across asset classes to include public equity, credit, venture capital and real estate. And, we leverage our shared platform to capture cross-asset class opportunities in strategic areas of focus.

25

OFFICES WORLDWIDE

Our offices span four continents with locations in Boston, Chicago, Dublin, Guangzhou, Hong Kong, Lisbon, London, Luxembourg, Madrid, Mauritius, Melbourne, Mumbai, Munich, New York, Osaka, Palo Alto, San Francisco, Seoul, Shanghai, Singapore, Sydney and Tokyo.

1,700+

TEAM MEMBERS

Our people are the core of our competitive advantage—the greatest outcomes come from great teams.