Is PacSun owned by private equity?
PE-backed
Yes. Owned by private-equity firm Golden Gate Capital since it took the company over in a 2016 bankruptcy.
Details
- Owner
- Pacific Sunwear of California, LLC
- Backers
- Golden Gate Capital
- Since
- 2016
- PE stake
- majority
- Website
- pacsun.com
- Confidence
- Medium
Sources
- “Pacsun's CEO Brieane Olson on AI, betting on physical stores again and global expansion” fashionunited.com, 2026-08
- “Golden Gate Capital acquires PacSun” privateequitywire.co.uk, 2016-09
Checked 2026-11-04. A label describes who owns the brand, not the quality of its products. How we label · Report a correction
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