Type | Private |
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Industry | Banking |
Founded | 2008 |
Founder | Frank Quattrone |
Headquarters | |
Area served | United States |
Key people | Frank Quattrone (Founder Executive Chairman), George Boutros (CEO), Jonathan Turner (Co-President), Jason DiLullo (Co-President) |
Products | Boutique investment bank |
Number of employees | 47 |
Qatalyst Partners is a technology-focused boutique investment bank that specialises in mergers and acquisitions and is based in San Francisco with an additional office in London. [1]
Founded in March 2008 by Frank Quattrone, Adrian Dollard, and Jonathan Turner, the company's advisory and acquisition deals have included eBay, LinkedIn, LifeSize, Google, GoDaddy.com, Taleo, NetSuite, Motorola, and others.[2] Qatalyst has acted as lead adviser on over $200 billion in transactions and has advised on some of the highest-profile assignments in the technology industry. Some of the firm's recent notable deals have included LinkedIn's $28 billion sale to Microsoft, Linear Technology's $15 billion sale to Analog Devices, KLA Tencor's $11.5 billion sale to Lam Research, NetSuite's $9.4 billion sale to Oracle and HomeAway's $3.9 billion sale to Expedia. Since its foundation, Qatalyst has advised on over $200 billion of deals involving public technology companies with price tags of $1 billion or more, a record unmatched by any other firm for the same period.[3]
Qatalyst has also been recognized for garnering above-average premiums for its sell-side clients. "The typical tech firm sells for 37 percent more than where its shares were trading four weeks before the deal announcement, according to Thomson Reuters data; [Qatalyst’s] clients garnered premiums of about 70 percent."[4] In 2012, CEO Frank Quattrone was named the "Financial Dealmaker of the Year" by the American City Business Journals for his work with the firm.[5]