Adams Street Partners celebrates inclusion and believes that diversity strengthens our business. We embrace different perspectives and cultures to generate great ideas which we believe brings value to our clients, our investments, and our communities. Adams Street is committed to increasing diversity within the financial markets by enhancing access, contributing to educational initiatives, and engaging staff in outreach opportunities.
Adams Street has marked the beginning of its 50th year with the launch of a program aimed at boosting opportunities for college graduates from diverse backgrounds to forge successful careers in private markets.
A year of anniversary activities begins with the announcement of an agreement to provide $150,000 over three years to support the Willie A. Deese College of Business and Economics at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University. The Deese College of Business and Economics has approximately 1,800 students, 87% of whom are black and 95% of whom are from underrepresented populations.
We increase access, actively educate, and engage personnel in outreach opportunities designed to bring diverse perspectives to our team and the private markets industry.
We promote initiatives aligned with our values and our investors’ values, seek to broaden investment offerings for a range of investors, and further expand relationships and engage with underrepresented groups seeking to access private markets.
We build relationships with diverse GPs and companies, provide proactive market leadership to increase CEO and board diversity, and expand industry partnerships to increase market awareness with diverse managers and companies.
Adams Street engages with a number of diversity-focused organizations through event sponsorship, conference participation, mentoring programs, student networking opportunities, and educational symposiums.
of employees globally are women and/or from diverse backgrounds
of firm’s equity owners are women and/or from diverse backgrounds
of firm’s senior professionals are women and/or from diverse backgrounds
We strive to bring greater numbers of women and men of diverse and underrepresented backgrounds into the private markets investment management industry and we value the partnerships we have built with diversity-focused organizations that help us to have an impact.
