HLI

Houlihan Lokey, Inc.

A global independent investment bank that advises companies on mergers, takeovers, and capital raising, and helps firms work through debt and financial restructuring. Its most familiar face is Corporate Finance, a go-to advisor for selling mid-sized businesses. Founded in Los Angeles in 1972 by Richard Houlihan and O. Kit Lokey, both refugees from the accounting giant PricewaterhouseCoopers, it was originally named Houlihan Lokey Howard & Zukin after its four founding partners. Today the firm is broadly owned by its own employees, and it trades as a "controlled company" on the New York Stock Exchange, with a voting trust steering most of its voting power.