Good Things Always Come in Threes
February - 2018 Carlos García, leader of the fund that acquired Los Grobo in 2017, prepares the launch of his third vehicle to invest in the region. He defines himself as a generalist but does not look at regulated sectors. He goes unnoticed, hidden behind his common name and last name. But Carlos García is not just somebody else in the private equity world: he leads Victoria Capital, a company that raised three funds for US$ 1700, focused on Latin America and created in 2002 by practically the same management of Donaldson Lufkin & Jenrette – known in the industry by its acronym, DLJ – a company that García joined in 1995 and where he led all the investments for Latin America. But that’s history: last December, Victoria Capital finished its second fund, of US$850 million, and is preparing the third one, which apparently will [...]