Founded in 2005, MBK Partners is a private equity firm based in Seoul, South Korea. The firm typically acquires companies through management-led buyouts, buys subsidiary businesses through corporate divestitures, partners with strategic buyers, takes publicly listed companies private and purchases and grows companies through add-on acquisitions. The firm has a geographic focus on North Asia - Korea, Japan and Greater China (China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong). They invest in financial services, consumer and retail, and telecommunication and media sectors.