J. H. Whitney & Company

J. H. Whitney & Company
Company typePrivately held company
IndustryPrivate equity
Founded1946 (1946)
FoundersJohn Hay Whitney and Benno Schmidt
Headquarters,
ProductsInvestments, private equity funds
AUM$1.0 billion
Number of employees
9
Websitewww.whitney.com

J. H. Whitney & Company is an American venture capital firm founded in 1946 by partners John Hay Whitney and Benno Schmidt. Headquartered in New Canaan, Connecticut, it is currently focused primarily on leveraged buyouts, turnarounds, acquisitions, and recapitalizations of more mature companies, particularly those it considers to be in the middle market.