Onex Corporation

Onex Corporation is an investment manager founded in 1984. The firm manages capital on behalf of Onex shareholders, institutional investors and high net worth clients around the world. As of June 30, 2020, Onex had approximately US$36 billion of assets under management.[2] It invests and manages capital through four platforms: Onex Partners (private equity funds focused on larger market opportunities in North America and Europe); ONCAP (private equity funds focused on smaller and middle-market opportunities in North America); Onex Credit (invests in non-investment grade debt through various strategies); and Gluskin Sheff (a wealth manager with public equity and public credit strategies). Onex and its management teams are collectively the largest investors across Onex' investment platforms.

Onex Corporation

Type	Public
Traded as	TSX: ONEX
ISIN	CA68272K1030
Industry	Private Equity, Private Debt, Public Equity, Public Debt
Founded	1984 (1984)
Founder	Gerry Schwartz
Headquarters	Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Key people	Gerry Schwartz (CEO/Chairman)
Products	Private equity funds, investment vehicles focused on non-investment grade debt (Collateralized Loan Obligations, Private Debt funds), Public Equity strategies, Public Debt strategies
Revenue	US$ 1.1 billion (2019)[1]
Net income	US$ 4.3 billion (2019)[1]
AUM	US$ 31.2 billion (2019)[1]
Total assets	US$ 11.8 billion (2019)[1]
Total equity	US$ 7.0 billion (2019)[1]
Number of employees	165,000
Website	www.onex.com

History

Founder Gerry Schwartz had previously worked at Bear Stearns in New York City during the 1970s, under investor Jerome Kohlberg, Jr., who later became a founding partner of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts.[3] Schwartz returned to Canada, where he started working with Izzy Asper.[3]

Schwartz founded Onex in 1984 and took the company public in 1987.[3] The firm focused on private equity investing in North America using capital from its balance sheet for the first 16 years of its history. In 2000, it started raising investment vehicles with third-party capital with the launch of ONCAP, which focuses on smaller and middle market opportunities. In 2003, the first Onex Partners fund was raised. Today, the majority of Onex’ private equity investments are made through these two platforms.

In 2007, Onex invested in a credit manager, which later became Onex Credit. The platform offers various strategies, with the largest being Collateralized Loan Obligations.

In 2019, Onex acquired Gluskin Sheff + Associates, a Toronto-based wealth manager with public equity and public credit strategies.[4]

Since its founding, the firm has generated a gross multiple of invested capital of 2.5x and a gross internal rate of return of 27% on its realized private equity investments (as of June 30, 2020).[2]

Private Equity Investments

The firm's private equity investments are made in a wide array of industries including consumer & retail, financial services, healthcare, industrials, services and technology, media & telecom. The firm prefers to have majority control over its subsidiaries and focuses on three primary investment strategies: cost reductions and operational restructurings; platforms for add-on acquisitions; and carve-outs from multinational corporations.

Other companies which Onex owns or has owned a share include Celestica, Cineplex Entertainment, Spirit AeroSystems, SMG, Sitel, American Medical Response, Hawker Beechcraft, EmCare, JELD-WEN, Carestream Health, Purolator, Husky Injection Molding Systems, Allison Transmission,[5] Canadian Securities Institute, Cici's, Sky Chefs, BBAM,[6] Emerald Expositions,[7] Tomkins, SIG Combibloc Group,[8] Clarivate Analytics, Save-A-Lot,[9] SMG, WestJet and many others.

Office

Onex is headquartered on the 49th floor of Brookfield Place in Toronto, with branch offices in Toronto, New York City, New Jersey, and London.

References

1. "https://www.onex.com/static-files/1088c10b-71e9-4e65-b6c5-587d68b95d3a". Onex. External link in |title= (help); Missing or empty |url= (help)
2. "Home". ONEX Corporation. Retrieved November 14, 2019.
3. "Canada's very own private-equity giant Onex quietly tops returns of big-name U.S. rivals". Financial Post. Bloomberg News. June 26, 2014. Retrieved April 4, 2020.
4. "Onex to buy wealth manager Gluskin Sheff in $445 million deal | Financial Post". Financial Post. March 25, 2019. Retrieved November 14, 2019.
5. "GM selling Allison for $5.6 billion". Reuters. June 28, 2007. Retrieved November 14, 2019.
6. ONEX Archived March 4, 2016, at the Wayback Machine. ONEX. Retrieved on 2013-09-19.
7. Bhaswati Mukhopadhyay (May 6, 2013). "Nielsen to sell expositions business to Canadian PE firm for $950 million". Reuters.
8. "Private Equity firm Onex has agreed to acquire cartons giant SIG Combibloc Group in a reported $4.6bn deal". Packaging News. Retrieved November 24, 2014.
9. Serafino, Phil; Giammona, Craig; Deveau, Scott (October 17, 2016). "Supervalu to Sell Save-A-Lot Chain to Onex for $1.37 Billion". Retrieved April 4, 2020.

External links

• ONEX (company website)