Roark Capital Group
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Roark Capital Group is a private equity firm based in Atlanta, Georgia, that invests in consumer and business service companies, with a specialization in franchise and franchise-like business models. The firm manages $41 billion in assets under management and focuses on building profitable businesses through partnerships with management.
Roark Capital Group is a private equity firm headquartered in Atlanta, United States, founded in 2001. It invests directly in companies, at growth, in franchise / Multi-Unit, restaurant and Food, health and Wellness and business Services. Its stated cheque size is Equity Investment: $50 million to $1+ billion. $41 billion under management, as it reports.
“Roark focuses on investments in consumer and business service companies, with a specialization in franchise and franchise-like business models.”
— Roark Capital Group, own website
- Layer
- Direct investor
- Type
- Private equity
- Stage
- Growth
- Headquarters
- Atlanta, United States
- Invests in
- US
- Sectors
- Franchise / Multi-Unit, Restaurant and Food, Health and Wellness, Business Services, Education and Youth Activities
- Cheque size
- Equity Investment: $50 million to $1+ billion
- Founded
- 2001
- Assets under management
- $41 billion
Team, as Roark Capital Group publishes it
- Neal Aronson Founder and Managing Partner
- Stephen D. Aronson Managing Director and General Counsel
- Rajiv Asnani Principal
- Jason S. Cohen Principal
- Sabrina E. Chu Vice President
- Brock Bacon Vice President
- Lindsay Carlson Director - Investor Relations
- Paul Aglialoro Director - Business Development and Capital Markets
- Justin Chang Head of Supply Chain
- Alex Cooper Vice President - Data Analytics and Strategy
- Ermias Bizuwork Senior Software Engineer
- Rebecca Auzenne Staff Software Engineer
Names and roles exactly as listed on roarkcapital.com. Nothing else about these people is recorded.
Most shared portfolio companies with
Derived from portfolio pages both investors publish themselves: each pair below lists at least one company in common. 15 investors with a shared portfolio company. A shared company is not proof they invested together in the same round.
- Halifax Group 2 shared companies: meineke.com, orangetheoryfitness.com
- Rainier Partners 1 shared company: anytimefitness.com
- Tecum Capital Management, LLC 1 shared company: anytimefitness.com
- Gemini Investors 1 shared company: buffalowildwings.com
- Five Points Capital LLC 1 shared company: carstar.com
- Harvest Partners, LP 1 shared company: drivenbrands.com
- LNK Partners 1 shared company: fitnessconnection.com
- LNC Partners 1 shared company: i9sports.com
- Mistral Equity Partners 1 shared company: jamba.com
- Princeton Equity Group 1 shared company: massageenvy.com
and 5 more — the graph.
Where this comes from
Every fact above was read from a page Roark Capital Group publishes itself. Nothing is taken from third-party databases. Investment activity (deals, co-investors) is not yet recorded.
- https://www.roarkcapital.com/name, is_investor, layer, status, confidence, stage_min, stage_max
- https://www.roarkcapital.com/abouttype, hq_country, hq_city, invests_in_geographies, sectors, thesis_quote, thesis_quote_page, description, aum
- https://www.roarkcapital.com/Investmentstage_min, stage_max, cheque_size
- https://www.roarkcapital.com/ourteamfounded, people
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Record 1429 · added 2026-08-28 · link last verified 2026-10-21 · confidence high
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