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普罗维登斯股本合伙人公司（Providence Equity Partners）

公司网址：http://www.provequity.com/

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　　普罗维登斯股本合伙人公司（Providence Equity Partners）是一家全球性私募股权投资公司，专业投资于媒体、娱乐、通讯和信息产业。公司总部位于罗德岛的普罗维登斯，旗下管理200亿美元基金。公司成立于1989年，在股权投资基金中论资排辈，也已经不算年轻。该公司投资的主要领域包括传媒、娱乐、通信和信息服务，已经对全球20多个国家的100多家公司注资。

　　北京时间2010年2月26日晚间消息，百度今天发布公告称，与美国私募股权投资公司Providence Equity Partners签订一项投资协议，美国私募普罗维登斯股本合伙人公司(Providence Equity Partners LLC)将向百度旗下视频网站奇艺投资5000万美元，在中国开展基于广告支持的正版内容网络视频业务。注资完成后，百度将继续持有视频公司控股权。

　　百度CEO李彦宏表示：“中国的网络视频市场拥有巨大的潜力。在这个领域，普罗维登斯资本是我们理想的投资伙伴，因为该公司在发布正版网络内容的投资和管理方面拥有丰富的经验。同时，百度拥有推动流量的强大能力，并能根据用户需求推出创新产品，因此我们对这家新公司的未来感到非常兴奋。”

　　普罗维登斯CEO约翰森·内尔森（Jonathan Nelson）表示：“我们非常高兴能够与百度合作，并相信这家新成立的视频公司一定能够成为业内领先者。作为全球最大的中文搜索公司，同时也是中国视频搜索服务的主导者，百度在用户基础和流量方面拥有无与伦比的竞争优势。这家新公司将向用户提供一流的观看体验，并与监管机构合作，确保专业制作的媒体和娱乐内容能够在互联网上得到合法传播。”

　　获得了普罗维登斯的投资后，百度的成长性也似乎突然提高了。这点或许会让中国的百度用户感到惊奇。但真实情况是，因为链接下载侵犯知识版权，尽管百度在纳斯达克交易所挂牌，名声总不是太好。比如在这次合作中，双方都一再强调，他们所要发展的业务，是建立在合法的版权之上。或许，普罗维登斯能够让百度在美国更受欢迎。

Providence is led by CEO Jonathan M. Nelson. The firm relies primarily on pools of committed capital that are raised from a broad array of institutional investors (e.g., pension funds, endowments, sovereign wealth funds, financial institutions, insurance companies, fund of funds, and high net worth individuals).

On September 16, 2009 Richard Parsons, who became chairman of Citigroup Inc. in February 2009, joined Providence Equity Partners Inc. as a senior adviser. “Dick is a highly regarded corporate leader and his counsel is regularly sought by boards, CEOs and government officials,” Citigroup said in a separate statement. “His advisory role at Providence will not require any day-to-day operational work or oversight, and his primary business activity absolutely will remain with Citi.”[3]

Providence partners with companies across different stages in their development, from growth capital and complex recapitalizations of family-owned businesses to large buyouts and take-privates. The firm targets equity investments of $250 million to $2.5 billion and can employ a variety of financing structures. Providence prefers to lead its investments, serve on company boards, and work collaboratively with company management.

In 2008, Providence hired Thomas Gahan as president of the firm’s new capital markets group[4]. Prior to joining Providence, Mr. Gahan was head of Deutsche Bank’s corporate and investment banking in the Americas and chief executive officer of Deutsche Bank Securities. Providence’s capital markets group invests in the debt of media, communications, entertainment and information companies worldwide.

The following are lists of some of the most significant current and past leveraged buyout and growth capital investments completed by Providence to date.

Select current investments as of June 2009 include:

ABTL (Indus Towers)
Asurion
CanalDigitaal
Com Hem
Decision Resources
Digiturk
Education Management Corporation
eTelecare Global Solutions
Hulu
Idea Cellular
JBP Holdings
Kabel Deutschland
Kerasotes Theatres
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
MobileServ
Mountain States Cable Television
NexTag
Study Island / Archipelago Learning
TDC A/S
Trilogy International Partners
USIS
Warner Music Group
WhitePages
World Triathlon Corporation
Yankees Entertainment and Sports Network
ZeniMax Media
Select past investments as of June 2009 include:

American Cellular
Brooks Fiber Properties
Casema
eircom
Language Line Services
MetroNet
PanAmSat
Powerfone Holdings
ProSiebenSat.1
Recoletos Grupo de Comunicación
Verio
VoiceStream Wireless
Western Wireless
WNP Communications