Sentinel Capital Partners

Sentinel Capital Partners
Type	Private
Industry	Private Equity
Founded	1995; 31 years ago (1995)
Headquarters	One Vanderbilt, New York, New York, United States
Key people	David S. Lobel (Managing Partner) Eric Bommer (Managing Partner) John F. McCormack (Senior Partner)
Products	Private equity, Management Buyouts, Corporate Divestitures, Leveraged Buyouts, Growth Capital, Junior Capital
Total assets	$11.2 billion (capital raised since inception)
Number of employees	68
Website	sentinelpartners.com

Sentinel Capital Partners, L.L.C. is an American private-equity firm focusing on mid-market companies in the United States and Canada. The company is headquartered at One Vanderbilt Avenue in New York City and was founded in 1995 by David Lobel and John McCormack, who previously worked together at Smith Barney's private equity affiliate, First Century Partners. Since its founding, Sentinel has raised more than $11.2 billion of capital.

Operations

Sentinel makes majority-ownership investments through its equity funds and takes minority stakes through its capital solutions funds. The firm invests in management buyouts, corporate divestitures, acquisitions of family businesses, going-private transactions, and special situations.

Sentinel targets companies with enterprise values between $25 million and $250 million, and EBITDA between $5 million and $65 million. The firm has focused its investments on companies operating in the aerospace and defense, business services, consumer, food and restaurant, healthcare services, and industrial sectors.

Investment funds

Sentinel invests through a series of private limited partnerships and its investors include a variety of pension funds, endowments, and other institutional investors. Since Sentinel's establishment in 1995, it has raised seven private equity funds and two junior capital funds.

Investors in Sentinel Funds include college and university endowments, foundations, state and government retirement systems, corporate pension plans, insurance companies, sovereign wealth funds, investment advisors, and family offices located in the United States, Europe, China, Japan, Australia, and the Middle East.

Leadership

In March 2025, Sentinel announced a leadership succession plan under which Eric Bommer, who joined Sentinel as its first professional hire in 1997, was elevated to serve alongside David S. Lobel as co-managing partner, positioning him as Lobel's eventual successor. John F. McCormack continues as senior partner.

Controversy

Past Investments

The firm has previously invested in franchise holders of some of the world's largest fast food chains such as Checkers and Rally's, Church's Chicken, Pizza Hut and Taco Bell.

Other past holdings include:

Current Investments

References

External links

• Official website