Ownership profile
Who owns TAIT?
TAIT is a privately held live-entertainment engineering and staging company controlled by the private equity arm of Goldman Sachs Alternatives, which acquired a majority stake in mid-2024 from prior PE owner Providence Equity Partners.
Ownership profile
TAIT
Tait Global, LLC
Evidence (10)
Lancaster Online reported that the private equity arm of Goldman Sachs took a majority stake in Tait in August 2024, corroborating the deal's completion
https://lancasteronline.com/business/local_business/tait-rebrands-two-companies-acquired-over-8-year-period/article_121427aa-59a9-11ef-9bba-f3d0784ad1c4.htmlOn July 9, 2024, TAIT announced that the Private Equity business at Goldman Sachs Alternatives will acquire a majority stake in the company from affiliates of Providence Equity Partners, subject to regulatory approvals
https://www.taittowers.com/tait-announces-equity-investment-from-goldman-sachs-alternatives-private-equity-businessThe same majority-stake acquisition by Goldman Sachs Alternatives' Private Equity business from Providence Equity Partners was confirmed by PR Newswire
https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/tait-announces-equity-investment-from-goldman-sachs-alternatives-private-equity-business-302191440.htmlProvidence Equity Partners confirmed the sale of TAIT to Goldman Sachs on its own news page, corroborating the exit of Providence and entry of Goldman Sachs as majority PE owner
https://www.provequity.com/news/providence-agrees-sell-taitTAIT management team was to remain significant shareholders alongside Goldman Sachs following the 2024 transaction
https://www.taittowers.com/tait-announces-equity-investment-from-goldman-sachs-alternatives-private-equity-businessProvidence Equity Partners made a growth equity investment in TAIT on February 25, 2019, making it the prior PE owner before the Goldman Sachs transaction
https://mergr.com/providence-equity-partners-invests-in-taitPitchBook lists TAIT as a private company headquartered in Lititz, PA with 2,000 employees, consistent with private structure
https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/59942-89TAIT is a global leader in live experiences, providing staging, scenic design, and automation for the live entertainment industry, headquartered in Lititz, Pennsylvania, and is a private company
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TAITWikipedia states that in 2024, a majority stake in TAIT was acquired by a private equity arm of Goldman Sachs
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TAITThe operating/legal entity behind the TAIT brand is registered as 'Tait Global, LLC' (UEI HY99EJZCVU33, CAGE 7KC43), headquartered in Lititz, PA, per the federal contractor registry
https://www.highergov.com/awardee/tait-global-llc-12435892/What's uncertain
- The exact closing date of the Goldman Sachs majority-stake acquisition (announced July 9, 2024, subject to regulatory approval) could not be independently confirmed from a post-close press release; however, multiple sources from August 2024 onward treat the deal as complete.
- The precise legal structure of holding companies above Tait Global, LLC (e.g., any HoldCo or BidCo interposed by Goldman Sachs) could not be established from public sources.
- No SEC EDGAR filings were found for Tait Global, LLC as a reporting issuer, consistent with its private status.
- Match confidence is modestly reduced (82) because the user's input 'tait global, llc' is a relatively obscure LLC name; the consumer-facing brand is simply 'TAIT,' and Tait Communications (NZ) is a distinct unrelated company.