Organization · Family Office
The Zaf Group
The Zaf Group is a family office based in Lake Forest, Illinois, focused on acquiring and managing well-run family businesses with revenues between $50 million and $300 million. They emphasize long-term value creation and active collaboration with founders.
Overview
What The Zaf Group does
What The Zaf Group is
The Zaf Group is a family office based in Lake Forest, Illinois, focused on acquiring and managing well-run family businesses with revenues between $50 million and $300 million. They emphasize long-term value creation and active collaboration with founders.
How it participates in the startup ecosystem
The current public profile supports funder capabilities. Each capability below is shown separately so organization identity and role-specific information do not get conflated.
Operational profile
Organization status and context
Organization status describes the entity itself. Funding and program availability appear within the relevant capability profile.
- Operational status
- Active
- Organization type
- Family Office
- Founded
- Founded in 2011
- Approximate age
- About 15 years
- Structured capabilities
- Funder
- Last reviewed
- March 27, 2026
Official channels
Find The Zaf Group elsewhere
Open the official website or a supported primary organization account.
Capability profile
The Zaf Group as a funder
Investment thesis
The Zaf Group focuses on acquiring and overseeing well-run family businesses with an emphasis on long-term value creation.
Focus narrative
The Zaf Group primarily invests in well-run, family-owned businesses with annual revenues between $50 million and $300 million. Their priority sectors include light industrial, consumer products, and business-to-business services. TZG also engages in active operating partnerships with private companies and private equity firms, and has a venture capital arm that seeks emerging growth opportunities.
Value beyond capital
The Zaf Group adds value to its portfolio companies through active operating partnerships and strategic guidance, leveraging its experience and network to foster growth and operational excellence.
Terms and economics
- Typical check
- $50,000,000–$300,000,000
Focus and fit
- Sectors
- Consumer
- Regions
- United States
Availability
- Currently deploying
- Yes
Portfolio and track record
- Recorded portfolio count
- 2
- Recorded notable exits
- ABCO Systems
Portfolio context
The Zaf Group currently owns two platform companies: Tusker, an IT solutions provider that has incorporated five acquisitions, and Storr Office Environments, a full-service workplace furniture solutions provider and one of the largest Steelcase dealers in the U.S. Previously, TZG owned ABCO Systems, which was transitioned to a strategic buyer in 2025.
Common questions
What to know about The Zaf Group
Upseed classifies The Zaf Group under the Family Office organization type. Its current public profile includes funder capabilities.
Source and update disclosure
Know what this page is based on
Source basis
Public organization and program material, official websites, and structured Upseed records.
Last reviewed
March 27, 2026
Known limits
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