Ethos Private Equity - An authorised financial service provider
Ethos Private Equity has been consistently and consecutively ranked the no. 1 private equity firm in South Africa

About Ethos Private Equity

Ethos Private Equity is a control and growth investor. 

We take an active ownership role in our portfolio companies and generate value by partnering management teams to improve strategic, operational and leadership capacity.

By focusing on such strategies, we consistently produce superior returns for investors. 

This reputation for value-creation has made Ethos the partner of choice for successful management teams exploring corporate change and growth.

Our core premise is:

The businesses into which Ethos invests are stronger, more robust, more sustainable and more valuable on exit than they were prior to Ethos’ ownership.

With a record of over 25 years of private equity investing, Ethos represents a unique combination of skill, innovation and stability. This heritage includes 102 acquisitions: 89 have been successfully realised.

Since 1996, Ethos has successfully raised four private equity funds: 

  • 1996 Ethos Fund III R750 million
  • 1998 Ethos Fund IV R2.5 billion
  • 2002 Ethos Technology Fund I R270 million
  • 2006 Ethos Fund V US$ 750 million
  • 2011 Ethos Fund VI US$ 800 million