The Firm
Caerus harnesses the collective know-how of America’s leading executives to help build the next generation of American middle-market businesses.
We accomplish this through three interdependent and sympathetic disciplines:
- Human capital alignment and deployment
- Structural analysis of industries and strategic market development
- Partnership-oriented equity investment
Responsiveness to long-term trends – including the aging of America’s leadership pool; the maturation of private equity as an industry and practice; and the emergence of networking technologies that open new avenues for innovation and value creation – drives our commitment to a partnership and collaboration-intensive business model.
Caerus strives to create value for all its constituents: our team, the Caerus Operators, our investment partners and investors, their portfolio companies, and our respective communities.
We are dedicated to building enduring businesses.
Analyzing and catalyzing growth in the
American marketplace
About the Name: Caerus (Greek: Καιρός, Kairos)
Caerus is the Greek personification of opportunity and favorable moments. Known in Ancient Rome as Occasio or Tempus, Caerus manifests the essential measure to achieve a given aim. For us, it’s the right people, the right situation, the right objective, the right effort – none left to chance – but still requiring decisive action.
Values
We set ourselves apart through devotion to distinctive core principles:
- Excellence – The search for excellence is fundamental and synonymous with integrity. Other values follow from this pursuit.
- Discipline – Disciplined thought, action, and speech are precursors to genuine success and joy.
- Patience – We build for the long-term. Lasting relationships, disciplined action, and enduring creation go hand-in-hand.
- Constituent Focus – We measure our success by the long-term success of our constituents and partners. We leave each situation or company in an improved position.
- Truth and Candor – We seek the truth, say what we mean, and mean what we say.
19th Century American Flywheel - "An Example of Wheel Construction." American Engineer & Railroad Journal 69 (1895)
Per Jim Collins, sustained greatness is marked not by a single action or miracle moment, but by relentless effort in one direction. A massive flywheel accelerates only after a massive and purposeful effort.
