Tony Tamer
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October 12, 1957
Tony Tamer | |
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| Born | Anthony Aouni Tamer October 12, 1957 |
| Alma mater | Rutgers University Stanford University Harvard Business School |
| Spouse | Sandra Tamer |
| Children | 4 |
Anthony Aouni Tamer (born October 12, 1957),[1][2] better known as Tony Tamer, is an American billionaire businessman, and the co-founder and executive chairman[3][4] of H.I.G. Capital, a global private equity and alternative assets investment firm with $70 billion of equity capital under management.[5][6] The Forbes magazine lists him as the 525th richest person in the world, with a net worth of $6.4 billion as of March 2025.[7]
Tamer earned an MBA degree from Harvard Business School, and a master's degree in electrical engineering from Stanford University. His undergraduate degree is from Rutgers University.[8]
Career
Tamer began his career at Hewlett-Packard and later at Sprint Corporation in a variety of engineering, marketing and manufacturing positions.[9] Tamer then joined Bain & Company in 1986 where he ultimately became a partner until he left the firm in 1993. At Bain, he developed business unit and operating strategies, implemented productivity improvement initiatives, and led acquisition and divestiture activities for a number of Fortune 500 clients.[10]
In 1993, Tamer co-founded H.I.G. Capital with Sami Mnaymneh, expanding it into a global private equity firm.[10] H.I.G. specializes in providing investment capital to small and mid-sized companies, utilizing a flexible and operationally focused/value-added approach:[11]
- H.I.G.’s equity funds invest in management buyouts, recapitalizations and corporate carve-outs of both profitable as well as underperforming manufacturing and service businesses.
- H.I.G.’s debt funds invest in senior, unitranche and junior debt financing to companies across the size spectrum, both on a primary (direct origination) basis, as well as in the secondary markets, through its WhiteHorse family of vehicles.[12]
- H.I.G.’s real estate funds invest in value-added properties, which can benefit from improved asset management practices.
H.I.G. has invested in and managed more than 400 companies worldwide since inception. The firm's portfolio includes more than 100 companies with combined sales in excess of $53 billion.[13]