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Affinity Equity Partners

Logo: affinityequity.com3

Asian private equity firm

Affinity Equity Partners is an Asian private equity firm that focuses on leveraged buyout and growth capital transactions. Affinity operates as a Pan-Asian firm focusing on investment opportunities in Korea, Southeast Asia, Greater China, Australia, and New Zealand. The firm is independently owned and operated, with founding partners who have worked together since 1998.2 It is headquartered in Hong Kong.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

2002Founded1

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Affinity Equity Partners is an Asian private equity firm that focuses on leveraged buyout and growth capital transactions. Affinity operates as a Pan-Asian firm focusing on investment opportunities in Korea, Southeast Asia, Greater China, Australia, and New Zealand.2

Corporate structure

Affinity Equity Partners is part of a group headed by Capstar Holdings. 2 entities, 1 country on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

Major holders of Affinity Equity Partners

  • Kok Yew Tang Owns 75% or more of Capstar Holdings, since 08/2002 (Form ADV)
  • Capstar Holdings
    • Affinity Equity Partners Hong Kong

Built from major holders from Schedules 13D and 13G; owners and owned firms from Form ADV, the registration investment advisers file with the SEC. Each entity in the chart links to its source.

Investment adviser

Affinity Equity Partners is registered with the SEC as an investment adviser. This is what it reports on Form ADV, the registration every adviser files and keeps current.

Who owns it

Owners of 5% or more as the firm lists them (Schedule A), and the owners of those owners up the chain (Schedule B).

  • CAPSTAR HOLDINGSowns 75% or more, since 08/2002
  • Kok Yew Tangowns 75% or more of CAPSTAR HOLDINGS, since 08/2002

The story

Affinity is one of the early pioneer in Asian buyouts, having started private equity investing in 1998. The team was originally known as UBS Capital Asia Pacific and served as the Asian private equity arm of UBS AG.

UBS Capital Asia Pacific was spun out as an independent firm in 2004. By 2023, Affinity was one of the largest independent Private Equity firms in the Asia Pacific region and advised and manages approximately US$ 14 billion of funds and assets. Its Affinity Asia Pacific Fund V of US$ 6.0 billion is one of the largest in the region.

From Wikipedia’s article on Affinity Equity Partners, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4

Products and brands

  • private equity fund

Listed on Wikidata.1

Acquisitions

  1. 2017Acquired BK Japan holdings1

Timeline

  1. 2002Founded Founded1

Sources

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