Warburg Pincus
Global growth PE firm with healthcare and consumer investments
Brands Owned by Warburg Pincus (7)
AMR (American Medical Response)
Urgent Care & Clinics · 0 locations
Warburg Pincus and KKR acquired AMR, the largest ambulance services company in the US, through KKR-backed Envision Healthcare. AMR has been at the center of the surprise billing crisis — patients transported by AMR have received enormous out-of-network bills for emergency ambulance rides. The No Surprises Act partially addressed ambulance billing.
Authority Brands
Home Services · 0 locations
Warburg Pincus and Apax Partners backed Authority Brands, a franchisor of home service brands including Benjamin Franklin Plumbing, One Hour Heating & Air, and Mister Sparky Electric. Franchisees report increased royalty fees and technology costs post-PE acquisition.
Bausch + Lomb
Vision & Eye Care · 0 locations
Warburg Pincus and Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan acquired Bausch & Lomb for $4.5B in 2007. Sold to Valeant Pharmaceuticals (now Bausch Health) for $8.7B in 2013. Bausch Health later became notorious for drug price increases. Bausch + Lomb re-IPO'd in 2022.
CityMD
Urgent Care & Clinics · 5 locations
Largest urgent care provider in NY/NJ metro area, merged with Summit Health
Duane Reade
Retail & Consumer · 0 locations
Warburg Pincus took Duane Reade, New York City's largest drugstore chain, private for $720M in 2004. Sold to Walgreens for $1.075B in 2010. During Warburg ownership, Duane Reade expanded aggressively while staff reported labor concerns.
Kinetic Concepts (KCI)
Hospitals & Healthcare Systems · 0 locations
Apax Partners, CPPIB, and PSP Investments bought KCI (wound care devices and services) from PE consortium for $6.3B in 2011. Warburg Pincus was part of the prior consortium. KCI serves hospitals with negative pressure wound therapy — pricing practices have been subject to Medicare fraud investigations.
Sundance Energy / Vine Energy
Energy & Utilities · 0 locations
Warburg Pincus backed Vine Energy, a natural gas producer in the Haynesville Shale. Vine IPO'd in 2021 and was acquired by Chesapeake Energy for $2.2B. Warburg Pincus has backed multiple energy companies as PE has continued to invest in fossil fuel extraction.