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| Company type | Private |
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| Industry | Private equity |
| Founded | 1995; 30 years ago (1995) |
| Founder | John Grayken |
| Headquarters | Dallas,Texas,United States |
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| Products | Private equity,real estate,credit |
| AUM | $95 billion (2024) |
| Website | www |
Lone Star Funds, legal name of main entityLone Star Global Acquisitions, Ltd. is a globalprivate equity firm that invests incorporate equity,real estate,credit, and other financial assets.[1] The founder of Lone Star established its first fund in 1995 (under a different name) and Lone Star has to date organized 25 private equity funds with total capital commitments since inception of over $95 billion (as of 2024).[2][3][4] Lone Star's investors include corporate and public pension funds, sovereign wealth funds, university endowments, foundations, fund of funds and high-net-worth individuals.[5] Lone Star Funds has affiliate offices inNorth America,Europe andJapan.[6]
Hudson Advisors LP, an approximately 900-person global asset management company owned and controlled by the founder of Lone Star, performs due diligence and analysis, asset management and related services for Lone Star Funds.[7] In this capacity, Hudson Advisors LP has managed in excess of $260 billion of assets for Lone Star Funds since inception.[8]
Lone Star was founded byJohn Grayken.[9] From 1993 to 1995, Mr. Grayken was chairman andCEO of Brazos Partners L.P., a joint venture between the Robert M. Bass Group and theFederal Deposit Insurance Corporation,[10] that resolved approximately 1,300 “bad bank” assets resulting from the U.S.savings and loan crisis in the early ‘90s.[11] During this period, Brazos Advisors LLC was formed to provide asset-management and related services to Brazos Partners.
Following Brazos Partners, Grayken organized institutional capital to continue investing in distressed assets, closing Brazos Fund, L.P. in 1995 with approximately $250 million of capital commitments.[12]
Lone Star Opportunity Fund, L.P. followed in 1996, with approximately $396 million of capital commitments.[13] At that time Brazos Advisors, LLC was renamed Hudson Advisors LLC.[14]
After an expansion into Canada in 1995 and 1996, Grayken pursued the launch of a global platform for Lone Star in 1997.[15] Since then, Lone Star has invested extensively in North America, Europe and East Asia.[16] Lone Star invested primarily in East Asia, including Japan, Korea, Indonesia and Taiwan, following the Asian financial crisis in the late 1990s.[17] In the mid-2000s, following the establishment of the Eurozone, Lone Star increased its investment focus in Europe.[11] And with the onset of the global financial crisis, from 2007 Lone Star was again actively investing in the U.S.[9]
Through its credit affiliate,LStar Capital (officiallyLSC Film Corporation), the company entered the motion picture financing sector when they signed a $200 million deal withSony Pictures in early 2014. The deal gives them a financial stake in nearly all of Sony's upcoming films.[18] However, due to the poor box-office performance of Sony's movies, the two firms severed ties on July 17, 2017, two years before the deal was set to end.[19]
In July 2015, Lone Star acquired the UK property investment and development companyQuintain for £700 million.[20]
In March 2017, the Portuguese Central Bank announced that Lone Star Funds will acquire 75% of third largest Portuguese bank,Novo Banco, in return for a capital injection of €1bn.[21] The other 25% will be retained by the Portuguese bank's resolution fund. In October 2017 the deal was closed and Lone Star Funds started controlling 75% ofNovo Banco.[22]
Lone Star invests in a variety of asset classes, primarily asset-heavy and/or cash flowing opportunities in developed markets.[23]
The following list shows the company's various funds.[24]
| Fund | Vintage Year | Committed Capital |
|---|---|---|
| Lone Star Real Estate Fund VII | 2024 | $2.7B[25] |
| Lone Star Fund XII | 2023 | $5.3B[26] |
| Lone Star Residential Mortgage Fund III | 2022 | $657M[26] |
| Lone Star Value-Add Fund II | 2022 | $619M[26] |
| Lone Star Value-Add Fund I | 2020 | $759M[27] |
| Lone Star Real Estate Fund VI | 2019 | $4.7B[28] |
| Lone Star Residential Mortgage Fund II | 2019 | $761M[28] |
| Lone Star Fund XI | 2019 | $8.1B[29] |
| Lone Star Fund X | 2017 | $5.5B[29] |
| Lone Star Real Estate Fund V | 2016 | $5.8B |
| Lone Star Real Estate Fund IV | 2015 | $5.8B[30] |
| Lone Star Residential Mortgage Fund I | 2015 | $1.3B[31] |
| Lone Star Fund IX | 2014 | $7.2B[32] |
| Lone Star Real Estate Fund III | 2013 | $7.0B |
| Lone Star Fund VIII | 2013 | $5.1B |
| Lone Star Fund VII | 2010 | $4.6B |
| Lone Star Real Estate Fund II | 2010 | $5.5B |
| Lone Star Fund VI | 2008 | $7.5B |
| Lone Star Real Estate Fund | 2008 | $2.4B |
| Lone Star Fund V | 2005 | $5.1B |
| Lone Star Fund IV | 2002 | $4.2B |
| Lone Star Fund III | 2000 | $2.3B |
| Lone Star Fund II | 1999 | $1.2B |
| Lone Star Opportunity Fund | 1997 | $396M |
| Brazos Fund | 1995 | $250M |
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