Scharf Brothers is a private investment firm that invests in or acquires rapidly growing small or middle market companies with the objective of realizing long-term capital gains. Scharf Brothers also invests in emerging growth companies and has domain expertise in the following sectors: health and wellness, retail and consumer, industrial, manufacturing, financial institutions and energy. Scharf Brothers invests in companies where it can work closely with management to devise highly focused strategic objectives, identify growth opportunities, improve operating results and mitigate financial risk. Scharf Brothers has been actively acquiring companies since 1970. The firm and its principals have controlled, operated and successfully exited over 20 businesses. The principals also make significant investments in real estate, hedge funds and private equity funds.