Who Owns Platinum Equity?
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Ownership Chain
Platinum Equity
Platinum Equity is a Beverly Hills–based global private equity firm founded in 1995 that specializes in leveraged buyouts and other alternative investment strategies, managing roughly $50 billion in assets across more than 60 portfolio companies worldwide.
Platinum Equity appears to be independent with no known parent company.
Platinum Equity
Platinum Equity is a Beverly Hills–based global private equity firm founded in 1995 that specializes in leveraged buyouts and other alternative investment strategies, managing roughly $50 billion in assets across more than 60 portfolio companies worldwide.
Platinum Equity appears to be independent with no known parent company.
Major Shareholders
Platinum Equity
Major Shareholders
| Name | Type | Ownership | As of |
|---|---|---|---|
Tom Gores Founder, Chairman and CEO of Platinum Equity and its majority owner. Bloomberg’s Billionaires Index credits him with an estimated ~85% equity stake in the closely held firm, based on analysis of Platinum Equity’s March 2025 Form ADV and his earlier sale of an approximately 15% stake to Dyal Capital in 2017. | Individual | 85.0% | — |
Blue Owl Capital Inc. (via Dyal Capital Partners Post Advisor (DE) Aggregator LP) Blue Owl’s GP Strategic Capital business (formerly Dyal Capital) holds a passive, non‑controlling minority interest in Platinum Equity. PE Hub reported that Dyal acquired a passive minority stake larger than 10% in 2017; Forbes and subsequent regulatory commentary describe this as roughly a 15% equity stake, held through an entity listed on Platinum Equity Advisors’ Form ADV as “Dyal Capital Partners Post Advisor (DE) Aggregator LP.” | Corporate | 15.0% | — |
Other Platinum Equity partners and senior professionals Platinum Equity operates as a private partnership led by a senior leadership group of partners and managing directors. Public descriptions note that partners participate in the economics of the firm, but specific individual ownership stakes beyond Tom Gores and the Dyal/Blue Owl minority position are not publicly disclosed. Limited partners in Platinum Equity’s investment funds are investors in those funds, not direct owners of the management company. | Individual | — | — |
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