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A patient approach to private equity

Ariel Alternatives® is an enterprise conceived for the times, built on a four-decade-old foundation

About Us

Who We Are

Ariel Alternatives is a private asset management firm affiliated with Ariel Investments, LLC. Both Ariel Alternatives and Ariel Investments are certified minority-owned businesses. Our first strategy Project Black® seeks to scale sustainable businesses to serve as suppliers-of-choice to Fortune 500 companies.

What We Do

We invest in middle-market companies, transforming these entities through our ownership into certified minority business enterprises.

Why We Do It

As a by-product of our strategy, we aim to close the wealth gap by generating jobs and economic growth within underrepresented communities.

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Our Approach

We take an urgent approach to patient investing.

Solving inequality means building businesses, not simply buying and selling companies.

A long-term strategy allows us to scale sustainable enterprises.