MBK Partners
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MBK Partners is an independent private equity firm focused on North Asian markets, managing $33 billion in capital. It invests in buyouts and special situations across Korea, Japan, and China.
MBK Partners is a private equity firm headquartered in Seoul, South Korea, founded in 2005. It invests directly in companies, at buyout, in telecom/media, financial services, consumer/retail and healthcare. $33 billion under management and 66 portfolio companies, as it reports.
“We invest in telecom/media, financial services, consumer/retail, healthcare and other sectors.”
— MBK Partners, own website
- Layer
- Direct investor
- Type
- Private equity
- Stage
- Buyout
- Headquarters
- Seoul, South Korea
- Invests in
- Korea, Japan, China
- Sectors
- telecom/media, financial services, consumer/retail, healthcare
- Founded
- 2005
- Assets under management
- $33 billion
- Portfolio
- 66 companies
Limited partners that disclose a commitment
From the LP's own published fund list — the LP is the source, not the manager.
- California Public Employees' Retirement System → MBK Partners Fund VI, L.P. · vintage 2024 · $250,000,000 committed · source
Where this comes from
Every fact above was read from a page MBK Partners publishes itself. Nothing is taken from third-party databases. Investment activity (deals, co-investors) is not yet recorded.
- https://www.mbkpartners.com/name, is_investor, layer, type, invests_in_geographies, stage_min, stage_max, sectors, thesis_quote, thesis_quote_page, description, founded, aum, portfolio_count, status, confidence
- https://www.mbkpartners.com/contact/hq_country, hq_city
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Record 1547 · added 2026-08-28 · link last verified 2026-09-06 · confidence high
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