EQT AB

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EQT AB
Company type Public [1]
Nasdaq Stockholm:  EQT
Industry Investment management [1]
Founded1994 (1994) in Sweden [2]
FounderConni Jonsson [3]
HeadquartersRegeringsgatan 25,
Stockholm
,
Sweden
Key people
Services Investment management [1]
RevenueIncrease2.svg €1.6 billion (2021) (company) [1]
AUM Increase2.svg €210 billion (2022) [5]
Owners Wallenberg family, Investor AB
Number of employees
1,160 [1]
Subsidiaries
Website eqtgroup.com

EQT AB is a Swedish global investment organization founded in 1994. [2] Its funds invest in private equity, infrastructure, real estate, growth equity, and venture capital in Europe, North America, and Asia Pacific. [8]

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As of 2022, EQT's assets under management are €210 billion / US$227 billion. [5] It is ranked the third largest private equity firm worldwide based on funds raised according to the 2024 edition of Private Equity International's PEI 300 ranking. [9]

In March 2023, EQT acquired the entire stake held by SK Square and the Macquarie Asset Management Consortium for about KRW 2 trillion, becoming the largest shareholder of SK Shields with a 68% stake. [10]

Organization

The company was founded in 1994 by SEB, AEA Investors, and Investor AB. [11] [12] It established venture capital business, EQT Ventures in 2016, [6] and went public in 2019 by IPO. [13]

The firm and its associates have offices in Amsterdam, Copenhagen, Frankfurt, Guernsey, Helsinki, Hong Kong, London, Luxembourg, Madrid, Milan, Munich, New York, Oslo, Seoul, Shanghai, Singapore, Stockholm, Warsaw and Zurich.

In 2021, EQT acquired Life Sciences Partners, a European venture capital firm with approximately €2.2 billion of assets under management [1] followed in 2022, by Baring Private Equity Asia managing funds of S$20.0 billion. [7]

Fund investments

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