Led by a team of seasoned senior partners with histories as founders, executives, and CEOs, JH Partners invests growth capital in a range of consumer companies. Included in JH Partners’ portfolio is Australian-based Jurlique International, a company that manufactures and markets natural skin-care products through a global, multichannel platform that distributes in 19 countries worldwide, including the US, Asia, and Australia. Jurlique International derives its products from plant and herb extracts grown on organic farms in South Australia that utilize a biodynamic approach to farming. Biodynamic farming allows farmers to harvest plants when they reach their peak and keep them free of artificial fertilizers, pesticides, and herbicides. Biochemist Jürgen Klein and his wife founded Jurlique International based on a vision of creating natural and pure skin care products that combine elements of herbal medicine, homeopathy, and the ancient arts of alchemy. The Kleins wanted their products to derive ingredients from natural sources rather than laboratory mechanisms. The couple chose the unspoiled Adelaide Hills in South Australia as the site for their farms and began production in 1985
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Private equity and venture capital company JH Partners was established in 1986 in San Francisco. The firm has a reputation for investing growth capital in consumer brands. An important part of investing is having an effective exit strategy that allows the investor to liquidate its position and make a profit. One example of JH Partners’ successful exit executions is the sale of its 85 percent ownership in Country Home Products to Generac Holdings, a leading power generation company, equipment designer, and manufacturer in the USA.
A publicly held company located in Vermont, Country Home Products produces and sells high-quality property maintenance equipment. In the 1960s, Lyman Wood founded Garden Way, a company that produced the number-one selling power gardening tool in the United States at that time, the Troy-Bilt® Rototiller. The company evolved into Country Home Products, which is best known for its DR brand power equipment, custom-made for large properties, and the Neuton brand, which offers battery-electric equipment for smaller properties. In 2015, Generac Power Systems acquired Country Home Products. With the acquisition, the DR and Neuton brand names have been absorbed under the Generac Power System’s family of brands. Consequently, the reach of the DR and Neuton brand names has extended into the international market, and allowed Country Home Products to reduce its product costs. |
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