Overview
Agribusiness Management Company is a leading global private equity investment firm with over $100 million of capital under management. AMC principals have been doing business in the Former Soviet Union since 1977 and since the Firm’s founding in 1995, we have specialized in providing both financial resources and operational expertise in the region through control-oriented investment to help transform undervalued companies into industry leaders.
In 1998, the region experienced a severe economic crisis and currency devaluation. The Russian ruble was devalued 4 to 1. Other economies in the region followed suit. This created a challenging environment for businesses that relied on ruble sales in Russia but imported products or raw materials from abroad. In fact, a substantial number of businesses and investment funds were not able to survive the crisis. Our Funds weathered this difficult economic period and prospered because of our policy prohibiting our portfolio companies from incurring hard currency debt. This kept our investments immune from the initial impact of devaluation. The Funds also invested primarily in businesses that were Ruble-based (local currency), which prevented significant cost/revenue imbalance post devaluation. Not only were our Companies able to survive this economic depression, we were able to generate strong returns to our investors.
Our main focus remains working patiently and constructively with management teams to achieve operational excellence, by holding ourselves and our portfolio companies to the highest ethical standards and business practices. Our motivation is not only the success of our portfolio companies, but the overall success of the communities in which they operate.
Agribusiness Management Company is headquartered in Omaha, NE with affiliate and/or advisory offices in Moscow, Russia and Kiev, Ukraine.
