RRJ Capital

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RRJ Capital
Type Private
Industry Private Equity
Founded2011;12 years ago (2011)
Headquarters Singapore
Key people
Richard Ong
Charles Ong
AUM US$15 billion (2023) [1]
Website www.rrjcap.com

RRJ Capital is a private equity firm based in Singapore. It is one of the largest private equity firms based in Asia. [2] [3]

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Background

RRJ Capital, founded in March 2011 by Richard Ong who is currently chairman and CEO. Ong was previously Co-head of Asia investment banking at Goldman Sachs. The name "RRJ" is named after his three children. His brother, Charles Ong joined RRJ Capital in 2012 and is currently co-CEO and co-chairman. Previously, Charles was the chief strategist of Singaporean sovereign wealth fund Temasek Holdings. [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]

The firm mainly invests in companies based in China and South-East Asia. Its investment industries include healthcare, financial institutions, technology, and logistics. [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]

In December 2023, it was reported that RRJ Capital would be aiming to raise $2 billion for its first private credit fund. [9]

Funds

Fund [10] Vintage YearCommitted Capital ($m)
RRJ Capital Master Fund I2011USD 2,300
RRJ Capital Master Fund II2013USD 3,600
RRJ Capital Real Estate Fund2014N/A
RRJ Capital Master Fund III2015USD 4,500
RRJ Capital Master Fund IV2020USD 235

Transactions

In 2013 and 2015, RRJ Capital invested in two Hong Kong-listed mainland real estate property stocks, Logan Property Holding and CIFI Holdings. [8]

In 2014, RRJ Capital was the only non-Chinese direct investor in the acquisition of 30% of Chinese oil company, Sinopec. [11]

In May 2014, RRJ Capital and Temasek Holdings invested $1.8 Billion in the NN Group before its initial public offering. [12]

In November 2014, RRJ Capital and Temasek Holdings purchased $1 billion of convertible notes issued by Houston-based Cheniere Energy Inc. [13]

In July 2018, RRJ Capita invested around $1.3 billion in companies owned by HNA Group. [14] By then RRJ had a minority stake in insurance company FWD Group, which was reportedly laying the groundwork for an IPO in 2018. [15]

In April 2019, RRJ Capital completed the acquisition of all outstanding shares in Gategroup from HNA Group. As a result, RRJ Capital became the sole shareholder and Temasek was invested in Gategroup through a mandatory exchangeable bond. [16] In September 2019, Temasek converted the mandatory exchangeable bond to acquire 50% stake in Gategroup, making Temasek and RRJ co-shareholders. [17]

In March 2021, RRJ Capital invested €450 million in Vodafone's Vantage Towers as part of its initial public offering. [18]

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