Cyrus Nikou
Cyrus Nikou is Founding Partner of Revolution Capital Group, a global private investment and acquisition firm. The firm was formed by a group of private equity, M&A and operational executives with a shared vision to bring fair value and a wealth of M&A experience to the middle market. With offices in Los Angeles, CA and New York, NY, the partners have worked on over $15 billion in transactions with corporations such as AT&T, BASF, Bayer, General Electric, Hays PLC, IBM, Lucent, Motorola, Universal Group and Williams Communications. Revolution Capital Group invests primarily in divestitures of non-core divisions of large corporations, under-performing businesses, cross border divestitures and operational turnarounds. The firm has experience in acquiring and operating businesses across multiple sectors, including media and publishing, manufacturing, industrials, healthcare products and services, software and IT products and services.
As Founding Partner, Nikou oversees the day-to-day operations of the business, leads the corporate development team and manages the capital commitments with the firm’s private equity group.
Biography
Cyrus Nikou was born in Vancouver, Canada. He moved to the United States when he was a child with his family. Nikou studied Business Administration and Corporate Finance at the University of Southern California Marshall School of Business. After graduation, he worked as Managing Partner at IMC.
Nikou has been involved with various charitable organizations, including Toys for Tots. He currently resides in Beverly Hills, CA.
Business
Prior to founding Revolution Capital Group, Cyrus Nikou founded Funded Capital, a tier one lending institution based in Beverly Hills, CA. Nikou founded Revolution Capital Group in 2009 with Robert Loring. The firm now employs ten investment professionals and since inception its portfolio has grown to include Tampa Media Group, Lawrence Schiff Silk Mills, The Capital Exchange and Dove Professional Apparel.
Cyrus Nikou and Tampa Media Group
In October 2012, Revolution Capital Group formed the Tampa Media Group. Tampa Media Group’s assets include The Tampa Tribune, fifteen regional newspapers in the Tampa gulf area, and TBO.com which were all acquired from Media General, Inc. (NYSE: MEG) in October 2012. The sale price was $9.5 million, subject to adjustments for working capital and other items. World Media Enterprises, a Berkshire Hathaway company, previously acquired all other newspaper assets from Media General in May 2012. The Tampa Tribune was Media General’s largest and second oldest newspaper before the Revolution and Berkshire Hathaway acquisitions. Nikou is the owner and President of Tampa Media Group.
The Tampa Tribune has been Tampa’s hometown newspaper since 1895, and TBO.com was one of the first local media internet websites when it launched in 1994. The Tampa Tribune has a circulation of approximately 154,000 daily (408,000 readers), with 257,000 (644,000 readers) on Sundays. The Tampa Tribune won a Pulitzer Prize in 1966 for local investigative specialized reporting.
The Tampa Tribune also operates Hernando Today and Highlands Today, local offshoots of the Tribune located in Brooksville and Sebring, respectively.
The paper's online presence, TBO.com, attracts more than 14 million page views a month.