Blake Liebling

AEA Investors LP (AEA Investors) is a private equity firm founded in 1968 by Rockefeller, Mellon & Harriman family interests and S.G. Warburg & Co, a subsidiary of AEA Holdings LLC. The firm is headquartered in New York.

Meritus Gas Partners, founded in December 2020, is a portfolio company of AEA Investors Small Business Private Equity. Meritus is based in New York, NY, and has subsidiaries in the United States. The company is assembling a national network of independent distributors of industrial, medical, and specialty gases, welding, and safety supplies. Meritus partners with exceptional businesses and management teams, allowing them to remain independent and entrepreneurial while supporting them to accelerate growth, improve business quality, and enhance value. The company invites owners to invest meaningful equity into the Meritus holding company to share in the success of the overall platform.