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Parthenon Capital Partners

San Francisco, CASEC-registered investment adviserCRD 157398

Filed as PARTHENON CAPITAL PARTNERS · Legal name PCP Managers, L.P.

Parthenon Capital Partners is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in San Francisco, CA, registered since 2012, reporting over $5 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 30, 2026.

14 years
registered since 2012
$13,353,835,498
assets under management
3 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Performance-based and more
None
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Parthenon Capital Partners compensated?

On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), Parthenon Capital Partners reports these compensation arrangements: a percentage of assets under its management; performance-based fees; other.

Where is Parthenon Capital Partners located?

Parthenon Capital Partners' principal office is in San Francisco, CA, according to its Form ADV; the April 2026 filing also lists 2 other offices (Schedule D, Section 1.F).

Is Parthenon Capital Partners registered with the SEC or a state?

Parthenon Capital Partners is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2012. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 157398.

How much does Parthenon Capital Partners manage?

Parthenon Capital Partners reports $13,353,835,498 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 30, 2026 (100% discretionary).

How have Parthenon Capital Partners' assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for Parthenon Capital Partners: Regulatory assets under management: $6,342,818,247 in the October 2021 data and $13,353,835,498 in the October 2026 data, up 111%. Total employees: 36 in October 2021 and 40 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Parthenon Capital Partners serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies) (14).

Does Parthenon Capital Partners report any disciplinary disclosures?

Reports no disclosure items on Form ADV Item 11. The detail of any item is on the firm's SEC record: https://adviserinfo.sec.gov/firm/summary/157398

What changed in Parthenon Capital Partners' recent Form ADV filings?

In the April 2026 filing data: Employees performing advisory functions went from 38 to 36.

From the Form ADV filing

Every figure below is as the firm filed it with regulators, as of October 2026.

How the firm is compensated

Item 5.E
  • A percentage of assets under your management
  • Performance-based fees
  • Other

Item 5.E lists how the firm is compensated for its advice; Items 5.B, 6.A, and 7.A show whether its people or related companies can also earn commissions. Percentage of assets, fixed, hourly, subscription, and performance-based fees come from clients (a performance-based fee depends on investment results); commissions come with a sale or a trade, often from the company behind the product. How fees, commissions, and other arrangements differ

Fees and minimums

Form ADV Part 2A

See the firm's brochure (dated March 30, 2026) for its fees and any account minimum, on the SEC's IAPD site.

Regulatory assets under management

Item 5.F
$13,353,835,498

$13,353,835,498 as of October 2026, filing dated March 30, 2026.

Discretionary: $13,353,835,498.Non-discretionary: $0.

A measure of scale, not skill or returns. Discretionary means the firm decides trades; non-discretionary means clients approve each one. What assets under management means

Who the firm serves

Item 5.D
Pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies)
Clients 14 Assets $13,353,835,498 (100%)

A firm with no individual clients is an institutional manager even if it manages billions; the mix tells you whom the practice is built around.

Advisory services

Item 5.G
  • Portfolio management for pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies)
  • Portfolio management for businesses (other than small businesses) or institutional clients

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Legal name
PCP Managers, L.P.
Also doing business as
PARTHENON CAPITAL
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
2012 (14 years)
Employees
Total: 40. Performing investment advisory functions: 36.
Wrap fee program participation
No.
Other offices (Schedule D, Section 1.F)
2 other offices, as of the April 2026 filing
Austin, TXBoston, MA
States registered or notice-filed
3 states or jurisdictions
CAMATX

SEC-registered investment advisers are examined by the SEC. SEC, state, and exempt registration

Disclosures

Item 11

None Reports no disclosure items on Form ADV Item 11. View on IAPD.

Item 11 asks about criminal, regulatory, and civil events involving the firm and its advisory personnel. The detail of each yes answer is on the IAPD record. Reading a firm's disclosures

Assets and staff over time

Items 5.A, 5.F
$6.34B 2021 $6.94B 2022 $7.1B 2023 $12.9B 2024 $13.8B 2025 $13.4B 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$13,353,835,49840March 30, 2026
October 2025$13,804,465,28041March 28, 2025
October 2024$12,945,838,29942March 28, 2024
October 2023$7,104,989,69936June 21, 2023
October 2022$6,937,245,29935June 22, 2022
October 2021$6,342,818,24736May 3, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $6,342,818,247 in the October 2021 data and $13,353,835,498 in the October 2026 data, up 111%.

Total employees: 36 in October 2021 and 40 in October 2026.

As filed in each year's data for the same month. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going; they measure scale, not skill or returns. Most firms update these figures once a year.

Changes in the filing

Last 12 months
  1. April 2026
    • Employees performing advisory functions went from 38 to 36.

Compared month to month from the SEC's monthly adviser data and the state compilation feed. Owners and control persons are summarized, never named.

Websites listed on Form ADV

Item 1.I
parthenoncapital.com

Source: Form ADV, as of October 2026. Values appear as filed; a value the firm did not report is shown as "Not reported."

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AdvisorCensus. Parthenon Capital Partners (CRD 157398): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026.
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