Mission Our objective is to build extraordinary companies that will shape the future of the media, communications, education and information industries and will create attractive returns for our investors.
To achieve this goal, we seek to forge lasting partnerships with talented entrepreneurs and executives and provide them the capital, industry expertise and a broad network of relationships they need to succeed.
Description Providence Equity Partners is a premier private equity investment firm with over $45 billion in aggregate capital commitments. Providence Equity Partners pioneered a sector focused approach to private equity investing with the vision that a dedicated team of industry experts could build exceptional companies of enduring value. Since the firm's inception in 1989, Providence has invested in more than 180 companies and is a leading equity investment firm focused on the media, communications, education and information industries. Providence Equity Partners is headquartered in Providence, R.I. (USA) and also has offices in New York, Boston and London. Visit www.provequity.com/portfolio for a comprehensive list of all investments.
Providence Equity has an employee rating of 4.1 out of 5 stars, based on 37 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The Providence Equity employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Financial Services industry (3.7 stars).
Overall, 77% of employees would recommend working at Providence Equity to a friend. This is based on 37 anonymously submitted reviews on Glassdoor.
38% of job seekers rate their interview experience at Providence Equity as positive. Candidates give an average difficulty score of 3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) for their job interview at Providence Equity.