AEP Capital LLC is a private equity and advisory firm founded by Richard Goldstein and Bruce Greenwald. Along with Oded Aboodi, Greenwald and Goldstein created Alpine Capital (the predecessor to AEP Capital LLC); a boutique investment firm engaged in specialized advisory assignments and private equity.
Beginning in 1990, Alpine Capital engaged in senior level advisory work on complex transactions to various clients, primarily in the media and entertainment sectors, including Time Warner, Saban Entertainment, New Jersey Nets, and Itochu Corporation. In 1996, Alpine Capital launched Alpine Equity Partners, an opportunistic private equity investment vehicle. Notable transactions included the purchase of the Daily Racing Form (leading thoroughbred racing publication), ProSiebenSat.1 (largest private television network in Germany), Roberts Radio (rollup of small market radio stations), Crème de la Crème (owner and operator of early childhood learning centers), and Sit-Up (UK interactive home shopping channel). AEP continues to provide advisory services for companies and transactions, including the companies in which it has an equity interest, as well as acting as a principal in various yield focused investments in real estate and financial instruments.
AEP Capital remains affiliated with Alpine Capital, led by Oded Aboodi, and has a strategic relationship with Carl Marks, a middle-market firm with practice areas in investment banking, distressed securities, operational consulting, and private equity.