Bain Capital Boosts Japan Staff by 25% as Competition Grows
- Private equity firm now has more than 50 employees in Tokyo
- Health care and digitization create opportunities, Bain says
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Bain Capital is expanding in Japan as competition intensifies among the world’s largest private-equity firms to win deals from businesses undertaking overhauls.
The U.S. company increased its Tokyo headcount by 25% last year to more than 50 people, mainly by recruiting investment professionals, and is open to hiring more, Managing Director David Gross-Loh said. Bain put more than $2 billion into Japanese transactions during 2020, including a take-private deal by nursing-home provider Nichiigakkan Co.