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J.Crew
Fashion retailer taken private by TPG Capital and Leonard Green & Partners in 2011 for $3B. Filed for bankruptcy in 2020 after $1.7B debt burden. PE owners extracted $765M in fees and dividends
Also known as JCrew, J. Crew Group
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Record updated Sept. 4, 2026
Current ownership
Current owner not established
This record does not identify a current owner. That absence is a gap in the record, not a conclusion about ownership.
1 ownership record has an unresolved current/former status.
Ownership and transaction history
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Operating outcome
Operating through distress or restructuring
Filed Chapter 11 in May 2020; e-commerce operations continued throughout and stores reopened as COVID-19 restrictions eased.
Anchorage Capital Group took majority ownership in September 2020 after lenders converted more than $1.6 billion of debt to equity.
- Founded
- 1983
- Peak headcount
- 9,400
- Sponsor at closure
- TPG Capital and Leonard Green & Partners
- Cause
- Dividend recapitalization · with debt left at exit
- CBS News · e-commerce continued throughout, no immediate store closures
- PYMNTS · debt-to-equity conversion, Anchorage Capital ownership
- Wikipedia · J.Crew was founded in 1983 (predecessor Popular Merchandise, Inc. dates to 1947); peak reported employee count of 9,400 (2019), shortly before the May 2020 Chap
- Private Equity Stakeholder Project · TPG Capital and Leonard Green & Partners, which acquired J.Crew in a $3 billion 2011 leveraged buyout, collected $765 million in fees and dividends from the com
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