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, from growth to buyout, 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
- 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.
Co-invests most often with
Derived from portfolio pages both investors publish themselves: each pair below lists at least one company in common. 15 co-investors found.
- 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
- 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 2026-09-06 · confidence high
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