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Duchossois Capital Management

Investment company launched in 2013 by The Duchossois Group

Also known as DCM

Chicago investment firm of the Duchossois family (launched 2013), mainly a buyout investor: $15–50M buyouts and recaps in North America; also invests in real estate, funds and public securities.

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Private investment firm of the Duchossois family (Chicago), launched in 2013 by The Duchossois Group. Separate from The Duchossois Group, Inc., the family's operating business, and from The Duchossois Family Foundation.

Family & background

FAMILY
Duchossois
WEALTH ORIGIN
Family business headquartered in Chicago since 1916 (railcars, then The Duchossois Group)
HEADQUARTERS
Chicago, United States
FOUNDED
2013

Investment approach

SECTORS
Industrial & ManufacturingConsumer & E-commerce
GEOGRAPHY
North America
STAGES
Buyout
ROUTES
Companies (own capital) · Funds (as LP)
STRATEGIES
Private equityReal estatePublic equitiesDirect investments
TICKET
$15M–$50M

Overview

Duchossois Capital Management is a privately held, family-owned investment company launched in 2013 by The Duchossois Group, a Chicago family business dating to 1916. It invests across four areas: private capital, real estate, funds and public securities. In private capital it does management and leveraged buyouts, recapitalizations and add-on acquisitions of $15M to $50M, preferring North American platforms. Its website lists 13 active investments, including Pattern, Sevita, SightMD, Illumifin, CIT Trucks and Churchill Downs, and 20 realized ones, among them Life360, Infoblox, Brivo and Riverside Rail.

Investment thesis

Applies the operating experience and permanent capital of a long-standing family business to long-term investments, with expertise in engineered industrial and building products, transportation and rail leasing, distribution, consumer durables, access control and security, healthcare services and technology-enabled services.

Holdings & investments (32)

People

  • David J. Jallits
    Chief Investment Officer · source
  • Ashley D. Joyce
    Chairman · source
  • Craig J. Duchossois
    Chair Emeritus · source
  • Richard A. Naski, II
    Chief Executive Officer · source
  • Daniel M. Terlep
    Chief Financial Officer · source
  • Kristen M. Danyluk
    General Counsel · source
  • Jenny L. Hager
    EVP Client Service (head of the family office for the Duchossois family) · source
  • Michael E. Flannery
    Senior Advisor (advisory role to the team and the Duchossois family; former CEO) · source
  • Lauren K. Bugay
    Managing Director · source
  • Mike J. Barry
    Principal · source
  • Harry P. Storer
    Vice President · source
  • Kelly W. Kim
    Vice President · source

Frequently asked questions

Duchossois Capital Management is a single family office based in Chicago, the United States, founded in 2013.

Duchossois Capital Management invests on behalf of the Duchossois family (Family business headquartered in Chicago since 1916 (railcars, then The Duchossois Group)).

Duchossois Capital Management invests its own capital into companies and in third-party funds as an LP. Its stated asset mix includes private equity, real estate, public equities and direct investments.

Duchossois Capital Management invests at Buyout stage in Industrial & Manufacturing and Consumer & E-commerce.

Duchossois Capital Management's stated ticket size is $15M–$50M.

Key people at Duchossois Capital Management include Ashley D. Joyce (Chairman), Craig J. Duchossois (Chair Emeritus), Richard A. Naski, II (Chief Executive Officer) and David J. Jallits (Chief Investment Officer).

Duchossois Capital Management's holdings and investments include Pattern, Sevita, Life360, Infoblox, SightMD, Illumifin, Novum Health and Citadel EHS, among others.