Family Office

Family Office

Lafayette Office

JMB Companies, Inc. is not merely a financial enterprise, but also a vehicle through which shareholder values are expressed in business strategies that improve the communities and environment in which we live.

  • We are a family-owned business with a ~150-year track record of success.
  • Unlike Private Equity, we are not looking to buy and flip companies within a defined investment horizon through cost-cutting and heavy leverage. We have been Patient Capital Since 1877 and are committed to long-term ownership and operation of well-capitalized businesses. Our focus is not on short-term gains or quick turnarounds. Instead, we are dedicated to building enduring businesses and maintaining ownership over the long haul.
  • We are not financial engineers. We don’t invest in broken businesses; we look for strong management teams and well-positioned companies that need capital and support to grow. Our approach emphasizes sustainable growth, revenue expansion, and profitability, without relying heavily on debt and recapitalization.
     

We are a family-owned investment company with a multi-generational investment horizon. Our long-term financial goals are to increase the intrinsic value of our business while meeting the distribution expectations of our shareholders.

We embrace our shareholders’ mandate to operate at the intersection of profitability and values. As a company, we have a particular emphasis on sustainability, community involvement, and culture. We seek to demonstrate these values in tangible ways through our everyday business, rather than merely proclaiming our support.

Strategically, we are direct investors – owning both operating companies and project investments. We look for defensible, middle-market niches within compelling trends. We invest with institutional discipline but can be more patient about investment hold periods than rigid IRR investors, who seek to monetize gains as soon as possible.

We build and hold businesses for the long term. JMB Companies, Inc. fosters a partnership with management, employing a long-term approach to growth. We provide significant capital for prudent growth, and we augment and assist our group companies as needed.