Growth Investor with GrowthCap‘s RJ Lumba · 2026-04-01 · 24 min
In this episode, we speak with Todd Abbrecht, Co-CEO of THL Partners, a premier private equity firm investing in middle-market growth companies exclusively within three sectors: healthcare, financial technology & services, and technology & business solutions. Since 1974, THL’s team has managed or deployed $50 billion of equity capital, worked with over 175 partner companies worldwide, and fueled more than 700 add-on acquisitions representing an aggregate enterprise value of over $260 billion. Todd has spent more than 30 years at THL and has played a central role in the firm’s evolution towards sector specialization. The firm combines deep sector expertise through its Identified Sector Opportunity (ISO) process with dedicated internal operating resources from its Strategic Resource Group to transform and build great companies of lasting value in partnership with management teams. These resources aim to accelerate growth, improve operations, and drive long-term sustainable value. THL Partners was recognized as a Top Private Equity Firm of 2025 by GrowthCap. I am your host, RJ Lumba. We hope you enjoy the show. If you like the episode, click to follow.
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