Summit Park, a Charlotte-based private equity firm focused on the lower middle market, has been named a 2022 Top 50 PE Firm in The Middle Market™.

This award acknowledges highly reputable small and mid-sized private equity firms with strong teams and exceptional track records. Summit Park’s inclusion on the list recognizes the firm as a partner of choice for founder-owned businesses and entrepreneurs looking to grow and scale their businesses.

Jim Johnson, Co-Founding Partner of Summit Park, commented, “Summit Park has a 16-year track record of executing a consistent strategy of investing in partnership with owners, entrepreneurs, and superior management teams who share our vision of building resilient companies of extraordinary value. We are honored to be recognized as one of the Top 50 PE Firms in The Middle Market.”

Bob Calton, Co-Founding Partner of Summit Park, added “We are proud to be included on this Top 50 list, which highlights middle market firms with outstanding investment track records and reputations. We certainly thank our limited partners, portfolio management teams, and the Summit Park team who have been instrumental to our success.”

Summit Park was founded in 2006, and invests in businesses across the services, consumer, and industrial growth sectors that are headquartered in the Eastern United States. The firm has made 32 investments totaling over $1 billion of enterprise value and is currently investing out of its third fund.

Summit Park did not pay a fee as part of the selection process. To read more about the Top 50 PE program and view a detailed list of winning firms, please visit GCI publishing.