Providence Equity Partners is a specialist private equity investment firm focused on growth-oriented media, communications, and education companies across North America and Europe. Providence combines its partnership approach to investing with deep industry expertise to seek to help management teams build exceptional businesses and generate superior returns. Since its founding in 1989, Providence has invested over $40 billion across more than 185 private equity portfolio companies as of December 2025. With its headquarters in Providence, RI, the firm also has offices in New York, London, Boston and Atlanta.
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The Providence Equity Partners annual revenue was $92.8 million in 2026.
Richard Franklin is the Chief Financial Officer and Managing Director of Providence Equity Partners.
172 people are employed at Providence Equity Partners.
Providence Equity Partners is based in Providence, Rhode Island.
The NAICS codes for Providence Equity Partners are [523120, 5231, 523, 52, 52312].
The SIC codes for Providence Equity Partners are [621, 62].