J.C. Flowers & Co. is a private equity firm focused solely on the financial service sector, specializing in buyouts. It typically invests in financial services companies with a focus on banks, insurance and re-insurance companies, asset management and brokerage houses, consumer finance businesses, mortgage companies, credit card companies, and stock exchanges. The firm seeks to invest in United States, Western Europe, and Asia. It was founded in 2001 by Mr. J. Christopher Flowers and is based in New York with additional offices in London, United Kingdom; Hamburg, Germany; and Beijing, China. Its latest fund has over $7 billion in commitments from investors.