Paul Chu

Aaron's LLC retails consumer electronics, computers, residential furniture, household appliances, and accessories. It engages in the lease ownership, lease and retail sale of products such as widescreen and liquid crystal display televisions, computers, living room, dining room and bedroom furniture, washers, dryers, and refrigerators. The company operates through the following business segments: Progressive Leasing, Aaron’s Business and Vive. The Progressive Leasing segment provides lease-purchase solutions on a variety of products, including furniture and appliance, jewelry, mobile phones and accessories, mattress, and automobile electronics and accessories. The Aaron’s Business segment offers furniture, home appliances, consumer electronics and accessories to consumers with a lease-to-own agreement. The Vive segment offers a variety of second-look financing programs originated through third-party federally insured banks to customers of participating merchants and, together with Progressive Leasing, allows the Company to provide retail partners. The company was founded by R. Charles Loudermilk, Sr. in 1955 and is headquartered in Atlanta, GA.

Baldwin Technology Co., Inc. manufactures and supplies process automation equipment and related consumables for the packaging and printing industry. It offers consumables, fluid management, spray, surface cleaning, ultraviolet (UV) and IR systems, UV lamps, web applications, and web process control solutions. The company was founded by William Gegenheimer in 1918 and is headquartered in St. Louis, MO.

First Reserve Management LP (First Reserve) is a private equity firm founded in 1983. The firm is headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut.

Part of Avery Dennison Corp., Monarch Marking Systems, Inc. is a company that makes and distributes bar code systems. The company is based in White Plains, NY.

Linens 'n Things, Inc. operates as an online retailer of home textiles, house wares and decorative home accessories. It offers garden decor, kitchen, electronics, and pet supplies. The company was founded by Eugene Wallace in 1975 and is headquartered in Clifton, NJ.

LB Hercules Holdings LLC provides investment management and broker dealer services. It offers tax and financial planning, fiduciary services, financial advocacy and trust services to individuals, pension and profit sharing plans, banking and thrift institutions, investment companies, pooled investment vehicles, charitable organizations, corporations and state government entities. The company manages separate client focused equity, fixed income, balanced portfolios, no-load equity, fixed income mutual funds, closed-ended municipal bond funds, real estate funds and hybrid funds. Neuberger Berman Holdings was founded by Roy R. Neuberger, Robert Berman and Howard Lipman in 1939 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Equinox Holdings, Inc. operates fitness clubs and yoga studios in metropolitan areas. It offers services in the areas of athletic training, conditioning, dance, martial arts, regeneration, Pilates, yoga, and studio cycling. The firm also offers spa services, including facials, facial enhancements, massages, laser treatments, body treatments, waxing, sunless tanning, lash extensions, teeth whitening, manicure and pedicure, and healing therapies. The company was founded by Donato Errico, Jr. in 1991 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art operates as an arts institution that maintains a museum and library of art, encouraging and developing the study of the fine arts, and the application of arts to manufacture and practical life. The company was founded in 1870 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

DLJ Real Estate Capital Partners LLC is an independent global real estate private equity firm which was founded in 1995. Formerly a subsidiary of Credit Suisse First Boston Private Equity, Inc., the firm was spun off as an independent entity in 2011. The firm is headquartered in New York City with additional offices in Los Angeles, London, Hong Kong and Tokyo.

Tanner & Co. provides accounting services. The private company is based in New York, NY.

Part of Warner Bros. The company is based in Elmsford, NY. Discovery, Inc., Advanced Network & Service, Inc. is a company that specializes in on-line data base information retrieval. Advanced Network & Service was acquired by America Online, Inc. on 1995-02-21 for $35.0 million.

Forth Dimension Displays Ltd. Develops and manufactures liquid crystal technology based micro displays. Its micro display products contain liquid crystal on silicon Time domain imaging technology. The firm also manufactures chipsets and development kits for use in development and low to medium volume applications. The company was founded in September 2004 and is headquartered in Fife, Scotland.

New York Philharmonic provides live theatrical presentations. The company was founded in 1842 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

The Economic Club of New York operates as a nonprofit, nonpartisan and nonpolitical organization. The company was founded by J.W. Beatson in 1907 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Part of The National Academies of Science, the National Academy of Engineering operates as a professional membership organization. The company is based in Washington.

March of Dimes Foundation is a non-profit organization for pregnancy and baby health. The organization works to improve the health of babies by preventing birth defects, premature birth, and infant mortality. March of Dimes Foundation was founded on January 3, 1938 and is headquartered in Arlington, VA.

Oxfam America, Inc. is an international relief and development organization that provides different solutions to poor, hunger and injustice. It also offers advocacy, public education, and emergency assistance programs. The company was founded in 1970 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

Blackhawk Partners, Inc. (Blackhawk Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 2008 by Ziad K. Abdelnour. The firm is headquartered in New York.

Fashion Center District Management Association, Inc. engages in promoting New York City’s apparel industry. It offers sanitation and security programs, beautification and placemaking, economic development and real estates industry data, tourism and promotions, and fashion industry resources. The company was founded in 1993 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Pendergast Partners LLC (Pendergast Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 2001 by Kim J. Pendergast. The firm is headquartered in Rowayton, Connecticut.

Crane Payment Innovations AG manufactures and sells electronic identification and payment systems. Its products include u-ket, u-flex, micropay6, msmart6, and tml6 terminal. The company was founded in 1986 and is headquartered in Oensingen, Switzerland.

Part of Crane Co., Crane SC Holdings Ltd. functions as an investment holding British company. The company is based in Lancashire, UK and was founded in 2010.