Firm Profile

Russia Partners is the oldest and largest private equity firm in Russia and the CIS, with over $1 billion of assets under management and a highly-specialized team of 25+ investment professionals and over 40 total employees in three offices (Moscow, Samara and Kiev).  The senior investment professionals combine high levels of education and on-the-ground work experience in Russia with advanced Western education and experience with Western firms. Since its founding in 1991, Russia Partners has become the leader in attracting and managing long-term private equity investments from U.S. and foreign institutional investors into the region. The firm has managed investments in nearly 50 companies since its inception, the most notable of which include MTV Russia, EPAM Systems, Syktyvkar Pulp & Paper and Radio-7.

Russia Partners’ success has come from its focus on supporting management and entrepreneurs of growing businesses, not only with capital, but also with unique insight, experience and perspective. Russia Partners views its entrepreneurs as long-term partners, and strives to ensure the ultimate long-term success and viability of their business.

Russia Partners is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Siguler Guff & Company, LLC, a multi-strategy private equity investment firm serving corporate and public employee benefit plans, endowments, corporations, government agencies, financial institutions, family offices and high net worth individuals. A pioneer in investing in sectors of market inefficiency, Siguler Guff has approximately $8 billion in assets under management. Founded in 1991 by George Siguler, Drew Guff and Donald Spencer as the Private Equity Group of Paine Webber, Siguler Guff became an independent firm in 1995.