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{{Short description|American private equity firm}}
{{Infobox_Company
{{for|other companies called Jordan|Jordan (disambiguation)#Businesses}}
| company_name = The Jordan Company
{{Infobox company
| company_logo = [[Image:Jordan Company logo.png|200px|Jordan Company logo]]▼
| name = TJC
| company_type = [[Private Company|Private]]
▲| company_logo logo = [[Image:Jordan Company logo.png|200px|Jordan Company logo]]
| foundation = 1982▼
| type = [[Privately held company|Private]]
| founder = John W. Jordan II
▲| foundation = {{start date and = age|1982}}
| location = [[New York, New York]], [[United States]]▼
| industry founder = [[PrivateJohn W. Jordan equityII]]
▲| location = [[New York, New York]], [[United States]]
| products = [[Leveraged buyout]], [[Growth capital]]▼
| industry = [[Private equity]]
| assets = $6 billion▼
▲| products = [[Leveraged buyout]], [[Growthgrowth capital]]
| homepage = [http://www.thejordancompany.com www.thejordancompany.com]
▲| assets = $6 billion
| num_employees = 25+▼
| homepage = {{official website}}
▲| num_employees = 25+
}}
 
'''TJC''', formerly known as '''The Jordan Company''' (TJC) is a [[private equity]] firm]] focused on [[leveraged buyout]] and [[management buyout]] investments in smaller [[middle-market companies]] across a range of industries.<ref>{{Cite news| url = https://www.nytimes.com/2000/05/09/business/company-news-williams-to-sell-paint-units-for-453-million.html |title= COMPANY NEWS; WILLIAMS TO SELL PAINT UNITS FOR $453 MILLION|work=[[The New York Times]] |date = May 9, 2000}}</ref>
 
The firm, which is based in [[New York City]], was founded in 1982. The Jordan Company was founded by [[John W. Jordan II]], prior to which he spent nine years [[at Carl Marks & Co]]., a [[merchant banking]] firm.
 
Since its founding, the firm has completed over 90 investments and raised approximately $6 billion of investor commitments across its two Jordan Resolute funds and older pledge vehicles. Jordan's 2002 fund raised $1.5 billion of commitments and its second fund in 2007 raised $3.6 billion of capital.<ref>[http://www.altassets.com/news/arc/2008/nz12661.php US firm The Jordan Company closes $3.6bn mid-market fund]. {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080612065153/http://www.altassets.com/news/arc/2008/nz12661.php|date=2008-06-12}} [[AltAssets]], February 2008</ref>
 
Among the dozens of current and prior investments completed by TJC are the following: [[American Safety Razor Company]],<ref>[httphttps://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=950DE0DC1338F93AA25757C0A96F948260 Jordan's Founder Adds American Safety Razor]. [[New York Times]], April 19, 1989</ref><ref>[httphttps://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=940CEFD8133AF935A25751C0A96F958260 American Safety Razor Is Being Acquired]. [[New York Times]], February 16, 1999</ref> [[Bojangles' Famous Chicken 'n Biscuits]] (in conjunction with Durational Capital Management),<ref>{{Cite press release|url=http://globenewswire.com/news-release/2019/01/28/1706253/0/en/Bojangles-Inc-Durational-Capital-Management-and-The-Jordan-Company-Complete-Acquisition.html|title=Bojangles', Inc., Durational Capital Management and The Jordan Company Complete Acquisition|date=January 28, 2019|work=[[GlobeNewswire]]|accessdate=July 27, 2019}}</ref> [[Carmike Cinemas]], [[Fannie May]],<ref>[httphttps://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D0CE2DA123BF935A35752C1A967958260 Fannie May Candy In Jordan Co. Deal]. [[New York Times]], November 6, 1991</ref>, [[Great American Cookie]], Harvey Gulf,<ref>[http{{cite web|url=https://www.altassetsreuters.com/newsarticle/arcbondsNews/2008idUSN2141663720080721 |url-status=live |archive-url=https:/nz13838/web.phparchive.org/web/20200928071345/https://www.reuters.com/article/bondsNews/idUSN2141663720080721 The|archive-date=September Jordan28, Company2020 to|title=Buyout acquirefirm HarveyJordan Gulfacquires formarine $500m].transport firm [[AltAssets]],|last=Davies |first=Megan |publisher=Reuters |date=July 21, 2008 |access-date=February 8, 2023}}</ref>, Lepage's Industries,<ref>[httphttps://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D00E6D71F3CF931A25755C0A961958260 Suit Accuses 3M Of Tape Monopoly]. [[New York Times]], June 12, 1997</ref>, [[Lincoln Industrial Corporation]], Newflo Corporation,<ref>[httphttps://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C01EFD61731F930A15753C1A9659C8B63 INVENSYS WILL SELL ITS METERING UNIT]. [[New York Times]], October 23, 2003</ref>, [[RockShox]], Rockwood Industries, TAL International Group,<ref>[httphttps://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9400E6DF153CF936A35752C1A9629C8B63 AEGON, FOCUSING ON INSURANCE, SELLS CONTAINER UNIT]. [[New York Times]], November 5, 2004</ref><ref>[http://www.altassets.com/news/arc/2004/nz5715.php UK Klesch acquires Transamerica Maritime Containers in $1.2 billion deal]. {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080307061017/http://www.altassets.com/news/arc/2004/nz5715.php|date=2008-03-07}} [[AltAssets]], November 2004</ref>, [[Universal Technical Institute]] and [[Vivid Imaginations]].<ref>[http://www.altassets.com/news/arc/2003/nz1572.php UK's Phoenix Equity Partners backs secondary buy-out of toy maker Vivid Imaginations] {{webarchive|url=https://web. archive.org/web/20041222234826/http://www.altassets.com/news/arc/2003/nz1572.php|date=2004-12-22}} [[AltAssets]], January 2003</ref>.
 
It acquired [[ACR Electronics]] and Drew Marine in November 2013.<ref name=":4">{{Cite web |title=Newly Merged Drew Marine and ACR Under New Ownership |url=https://maritime-executive.com/corporate/Newly-Merged-Drew-Marine-and-ACR-Under-New-Ownership-2013-11-20 |access-date=2024-05-25 |website=The Maritime Executive |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":5">{{Cite web |last=Blenkey |first=Nick |date=2016-03-04 |title=Drew Marine acquires Iridium specialist NAL Research |url=https://www.marinelog.com/news/drew-marine-acquires-iridium-specialist-nal-research/ |access-date=2024-05-25 |website=Marine Log |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=J.F. Lehman sells portfolio companies Drew Marine and ACR Electronics to The Jordan Company {{!}} Experience |url=https://www.jonesday.com/en/practices/experience/2013/11/jf-lehman-sells-portfolio-companies-drew-marine-and-acr-electronics-to-the-jordan-company |access-date=2024-05-25 |website=www.jonesday.com |language=en}}</ref>
 
In 2018, the company raised $3.63 billion for its fourth fund, according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-jordan-co-raises-3-63-billion-for-fund-iv-1543614288|title=Jordan Co. Raises $3.63 Billion for Fund IV|last=Kreutzer|first=Laura|date=2018-11-30|work=Wall Street Journal|access-date=2019-01-08|language=en-US|issn=0099-9660}}</ref> In 2020, TJC joined [[Diligent Corporation|Diligent Corporation's]] Modern Leadership Initiative and pledged to create five new board roles among its portfolio companies for racially diverse candidates.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-10-01|title=AIC Members Join Diligent's Modern Leadership Initiative To Improve Board Diversity At Private Equity-Backed Businesses|url=https://www.investmentcouncil.org/aic-members-join-diligents-modern-leadership-initiative-to-improve-board-diversity-at-private-equity-backed-businesses/|access-date=2020-12-30|website=American Investment Council|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Modern Governance Requires Modern Leadership|url=https://diligent.com/modern-leadership|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-12-30|website=diligent.com|language=en-US}}</ref>
 
In May 2021, the company purchased a majority share of engineered plastics manufacturer Spartech from [[Nautic Partners]] for an undisclosed amount.<ref name="barr">Diana Barr, [https://www.bizjournals.com/stlouis/news/2021/05/10/spartech-acquired-by-the-jordan-company.html "St. Louis-based manufacturer Spartech acquired by The Jordan Co.,"] ''St. Louis Business Journal'', May 10, 2021.</ref>
 
On November 27 2023, TJC L.P. announced that it had agreed to purchase [[L3Harris]]' Commercial Aviation Solutions business for up to $800 million.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-11-27 |title=L3Harris to sell its commercial aviation solutions business for $800 million |url=https://finance.yahoo.com/news/l3harris-sell-commercial-aviation-solutions-135703892.html |access-date=2023-11-27 |website=Yahoo Finance |language=en-US}}</ref>
 
==References==
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*[http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C06E7D61038F93AA35756C0A9669C8B63 WILLIAMS TO SELL PAINT UNITS FOR $453 MILLION]. [[New York Times]], May 9, 2000
 
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==External links==
*[http://www.thejordancompany.com The Jordan Company] (company website)
 
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