Our Heritage

Our Heritage

Overview

Since our foundation in 1996, we have seen things differently. Our culture of entrepreneurship has led to many industry firsts over the years.

1996

Our three founders, Marcel Erni, Alfred Gantner and Urs Wietlisbach, establish Partners Group in Zug, Switzerland, with the intention of building a different kind of firm

Crowd in front of campus building

1998

We complete the then largest private equity secondary transaction, marking a milestone for the industry and highlighting our differentiated approach to investment

people sitting on mountain top

2000

We bring our transformational investing and bespoke client solutions to the US with the opening of an office in New York; we make our first investments in Asia and Latin America

New York office

2004

We bring our transformational investing and bespoke client solutions to Asia with the opening of an office in Singapore; we complete our first private infrastructure investment

Singapore Wildspitz

2008

Our bespoke mandate solutions for institutional investors gain momentum with several significant client commitments; with stakeholder impact in mind, we are one of the first large private markets firms to sign up to the United Nations Principles of Responsible Investment

Chess match

2010

We bring our bespoke client solutions to the Middle East with the opening of our Dubai office; we close the first fund dedicated to our flagship private equity buyout strategy at its hard cap

Woman working in agricultural lab (Rovensa)

2012

In a banner year, we close flagship funds in real estate, private debt, direct infrastructure, and private equity secondaries, with strong support from institutional investors around the world

infrastructure

2016

We further expand our global presence with the opening of a hub office in Manila; we launch the industry's first private equity European Long-Term Investment Fund (ELTIF)

Manila office

2020

We pass USD 100 billion in AuM and are admitted to the Swiss Market Index of the top 20 largest Swiss stocks

 Mountain

2022

We formalize our private wealth client solutions into a Private Wealth business unit, further committing to expand access to private markets for individual investors

wealthy home (B&W)
Denver

1997

We launch our first listed private equity fund in Luxembourg and then Switzerland

A man on factory floor

1999

We make our first direct private equity, real estate, and mezzanine investments

Real estate

2001

We launch our first evergreen private markets fund as we seek to expand investor access to the asset class

Evergreen trees in front of mountain

2006

Partners Group becomes one of the first private markets firms to go public as we list on the SIX Swiss Exchange

Matterhorn (B&W)

2009

We launch the industry's first US evergreen private equity fund under the 1940 Act

Evergreen trees in front of mountain range

2011

We bring our transformational investing and bespoke client solutions to Latin America with the opening of our São Paulo office

Sao Paolo streetscape (B&W)

2015

Continuing to build solutions differently, we launch the first private markets offering for the Defined Contribution market in the US; similar offerings in the UK and Australia soon follow

Audience in auditorium

2019

We open our new Americas headquarters, a purpose-built campus in Broomfield, Colorado, that is literally “built differently”; we expand into Canada with the opening of a Toronto office

Broomfield campus and surroundings

2021

Our focus on stakeholder impact is recognized through our inclusion in the Dow Jones Sustainability Indices

Treetops

2024

We open an office in Hong Kong, bringing our total number of offices in Asia to seven and worldwide to 21

wealthy home (B&W)

1996

Our three founders, Marcel Erni, Alfred Gantner and Urs Wietlisbach, establish Partners Group in Zug, Switzerland, with the intention of building a different kind of firm

Crowd in front of campus building

1997

We launch our first listed private equity fund in Luxembourg and then Switzerland

A man on factory floor

1998

We complete the then largest private equity secondary transaction, marking a milestone for the industry and highlighting our differentiated approach to investment

people sitting on mountain top

1999

We make our first direct private equity, real estate, and mezzanine investments

Real estate

2000

We bring our transformational investing and bespoke client solutions to the US with the opening of an office in New York; we make our first investments in Asia and Latin America

New York office

2001

We launch our first evergreen private markets fund as we seek to expand investor access to the asset class

Evergreen trees in front of mountain

2004

We bring our transformational investing and bespoke client solutions to Asia with the opening of an office in Singapore; we complete our first private infrastructure investment

Singapore Wildspitz

2006

Partners Group becomes one of the first private markets firms to go public as we list on the SIX Swiss Exchange

Matterhorn (B&W)

2008

Our bespoke mandate solutions for institutional investors gain momentum with several significant client commitments; with stakeholder impact in mind, we are one of the first large private markets firms to sign up to the United Nations Principles of Responsible Investment

Chess match

2009

We launch the industry's first US evergreen private equity fund under the 1940 Act

Evergreen trees in front of mountain range

2010

We bring our bespoke client solutions to the Middle East with the opening of our Dubai office; we close the first fund dedicated to our flagship private equity buyout strategy at its hard cap

Woman working in agricultural lab (Rovensa)

2011

We bring our transformational investing and bespoke client solutions to Latin America with the opening of our São Paulo office

Sao Paolo streetscape (B&W)

2012

In a banner year, we close flagship funds in real estate, private debt, direct infrastructure, and private equity secondaries, with strong support from institutional investors around the world

infrastructure

2015

Continuing to build solutions differently, we launch the first private markets offering for the Defined Contribution market in the US; similar offerings in the UK and Australia soon follow

Audience in auditorium

2016

We further expand our global presence with the opening of a hub office in Manila; we launch the industry's first private equity European Long-Term Investment Fund (ELTIF)

Manila office

2019

We open our new Americas headquarters, a purpose-built campus in Broomfield, Colorado, that is literally “built differently”; we expand into Canada with the opening of a Toronto office

Broomfield campus and surroundings

2020

We pass USD 100 billion in AuM and are admitted to the Swiss Market Index of the top 20 largest Swiss stocks

 Mountain

2021

Our focus on stakeholder impact is recognized through our inclusion in the Dow Jones Sustainability Indices

Treetops

2022

We formalize our private wealth client solutions into a Private Wealth business unit, further committing to expand access to private markets for individual investors

wealthy home (B&W)

2024

We open an office in Hong Kong, bringing our total number of offices in Asia to seven and worldwide to 21

wealthy home (B&W)