Pfingsten Partners, LLC (“Pfingsten”) is honored to announce its recognition as a 2025 TOP 50 PE Firm in The Middle Market™. This represents the ninth consecutive year that the firm has been recognized for its excellence in middle market private equity.
Pfingsten has a rich history of partnering with founder-led companies across the manufacturing, distribution and business services industries. The firm’s partnership-driven approach supports management teams by providing access to capital, operational resources and a global network to drive long-term value creation.
“We’re truly honored to be named one of the Top 50 private equity firms in the middle market for the ninth consecutive year,” said Scott Finegan, Senior Managing Director at Pfingsten. “This award reflects our relentless focus on transformative growth and operational excellence in partnership with entrepreneurs, families and exceptional management teams.”
The TOP 50 PE Firm in The Middle Market™ program acknowledges highly reputable, small and mid-sized private equity firms that have great teams, significant deal flow, persistent fundraising, and exceptional track records. To see the list of honorees visit https://gcipeawards.com/top-50-winners/.
About Pfingsten
Pfingsten is an operationally focused private equity firm formed in 1989. From its headquarters in Chicago, the firm builds better businesses through operational improvements, professional management practices, global capabilities and profitable business growth. Since completing its first investment in 1991, Pfingsten has raised six investment funds with total commitments of approximately $1.8 billion. For more information, visit pfingsten.com.
Disclaimer
The “TOP 50 PE Firms in the Middle Market™” is a program designed by GCI Publishing to acknowledge and promote small and mid-sized leading private equity firms in the middle market. Winning firms for 2025 were selected based upon their strong management team, established market position, solid track record, continuous and/or rapid growth, stable and recurring cash flow, differentiating culture, product and/or service and fund size. The firms all have fund sizes of $375MM to $1.25B and have headquarters in the United States. Pfingsten is not aware of the number of advisers surveyed for this award. Pfingsten paid GCI Publishing a nomination fee and a licensing fee for the use of the logo and reference to the award. This award is not to be construed as indicative of Pfingsten’s future performance. Reference to a ranking is only one piece of information relevant to an evaluation of an investment adviser such as Pfingsten and should not be construed as a testimonial regarding Pfingsten’s advisory capabilities and does not necessarily relate to the profitability or performance of its funds. Finally, this award represents information as of a specific date and time and may not reflect important information related to an evaluation of the investment adviser which has occurred prior to, or subsequent to, the award. Pfingsten is not affiliated with GCI. More information about the TOP PE Firms in the Middle Market™ is available here.
