July 29, 2026

Axa Private Equity s’émancipe et se rebaptise Ardian

Ardian is a French private equity investment firm with $180 billion of assets. [1] The company is based in France, founded and managed by Dominique Senequier. It is one of the largest European-headquartered private equity funds. [2] Ardian’s assets under management are located in Europe, North America and Asia; [3] the firm has sixteen offices globally, in Paris, London, Frankfurt, Milan.. A new chapter begins as an independent private investment company. AXA Private Equity today announces that it has completed its spin-out from the AXA Group and will become Ardian, a premium independent private investment company. This represents the next chapter in the life of the company which was founded in 1996.

Ardian (vormals Axa Private Equity) ist eine Private-Equity-Beteiligungsgesellschaft mit Sitz in Paris. Ardian zählt zu den größten in Europa ansässigen Beteiligungsgesellschaften.

Hintergrund

Die 1996 durch den Versicherungskonzern Axa unter Leitung von Dominique Senequier gegründete Beteiligungsgesellschaft verwaltete 2024 in Europa, Nordamerika und Asien Vermögenswerte in Höhe von 164 Mrd. USD. Ardian hat über 1.000 Mitarbeiter in Paris und in 18 weiteren Büros (darunter Peking, Frankfurt am Main, London, Mailand, Madrid, New York City, San Francisco, Singapur und Zürich). Das Unternehmen verwaltet die Anlagen von über 1.200 Investoren und betreut eine Vielzahl unterschiedlicher Fonds, die sämtliche Anlageklassen abdecken, darunter Dachfonds (Primary, Early Secondary und Secondary) sowie Infrastrukturfonds und Fonds mit Schwerpunkt auf Small und Mid Market Enterprise Capital, Innovation & Growth, Co-Investment und Private Debt.

Im September 2013 gab die AXA Private Equity die Trennung von der Axa-Gruppe und den Auftritt unter dem neuen Namen Ardian bekannt.

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