Also known as 3i Group plc, 3iplc, 3i plc, 3i Group
3i Group plc is a British multinational private equity and infrastructure investment company based in London, England. 3i is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index.
Key facts
- Company.name
- 3i Group plc
- Company.logo
- 3i Group Plc logo.svg
- Company.type
- Public
- Company.industry
- Corporate finance
- Company.founder
- Bank of England and a syndicate of British banks
- Company.location
- London, England, UK
- Company.operating_income
- £5,024 million (2025)
- Company.net_income
- £5,038 million (2025)
- Company.aum
- £31.9 billion (2025)
- Company.num_employees
- c.250 (2024)
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Research organization · ROR
- Type
- Company, Funder
- Founded
- 1984
- Location
- London, United Kingdom
- Status
- Active
GRID grid.467449.c · ISNI 0000 0004 0628 9853
Wikidata facts
- Official website
- www.3i.com
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- operating income
- 4579000000
- net profit
- 4577000000
- inception
- 1945-01-01
- assets under management
- 22900000000
- social media followers
- 5116
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3i Group plc is a British multinational private equity and infrastructure investment company based in London, England. 3i is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index.
==History== The company was formed in 1945, as the Industrial and Commercial Finance Corporation (ICFC), by the Bank of England and the major British banks to provide long-term investment funding for small and medium-sized enterprises. Its foundation was inspired by the Macmillan Committee, and resulted from the recognition in the 1930s, given new impetus in the postwar era, that smaller businesses faced a gap in available corporate finance due to banks being unwilling to provide long-term capital and the companies being too small to raise capital from the public markets.