FI  Kemmons Wilson Companies

http://kwilson.com/





     Office Locations:

20 Huling Ave
Memphis, TN 38103
Phone: 901-346-8800

 

Stages:

  • Middle Market


 

Industries:

  • Energy & Clean Tech
  • Financial Services
  • Life Sciences & Healthcare
  • Real Estate & Construction
  • Retail & Restaurant
  • Sports & Entertainment

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    Description:

    Kemmons Wilson Companies is the family investment platform for the family of Kemmons Wilson, the founder of Holiday Inn. Kemmons Wilson, a resident of Memphis, Tennessee, was inspired to build a motel after being disappointed by the poor quality of roadside accommodations during a family road trip to Washington, D.C. Kemmons' three sons, Spence, Bob and Kem, continued his entrepreneurial spirit by expanding KWC into manufacturing, retailing and banking, amongst other industries. The firm's mission is to create long-term wealth by investing in a portfolio of highly select, non-publicly traded investment opportunities possessing the potential for significant appreciation at an appropriate level of risk. Kemmons Wilson seeks to provide capital for those companies either too small for institutional investors or too large for an individual investor, EBITDA between $2mm-$10mm, profitable and under $100mm in revenues.



    Investment Firm Key

       VC = Venture Capital
       PE = Private Equity
       A = Angel
       I = Incubator
       MB = Merchant Bank
       VD = Venture Debt
       FI = Family Investment Office
       FOF = Fund of Funds
       ED = Economic Development Office   
       TT = Technology Transfer Office
       CVC = Corporate Venture Capital
       SEC = Secondary Purchaser
       HF = Hedge Fund/Mutual Fund
       
       
       
    COMPANY STAGEREVENUE
    Venture Capital
    Seed Stage
    (includes "pre-seed," or
    concept stage)
    No Revenue
    Early StageMinimal
    Revenue
    Growth Stage
    (also called Mid-stage)
    $2M-$7M
    Expansion Stage
    (also called Late-stage)
    $7M and greater
    Private Equity
    Lower Middle Market$10M-$249M
    Middle Market$250M-$499M
    Upper Middle Market$500M-$1B
    Large Cap>$1B
       
       
     

    Investment Team:


    Name   Title
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    C. Kemmons Wilson Executive Vice President
    Robert A. Wilson Executive Vice President
    Spence L. Wilson Chairman Emeritus
    Tony Graves President/Co-Chief Investment Officer

     

    Portfolio companies include:


      Holiday Inn


      Holiday Inn Club Vacations


      Kemmons Wilson


      Smithfield Farms


      The Federal Savings Bank


      Third Party Solutions


      Toof


      Wilson Air Center


     

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