Founded in 1983 in Manchester, England, the firm seeks to invest in companies in the chemical, industrial, healthcare, business services, consumer, retail, power, energy, automotive, oil & gas, media, and, aerospace & defense sectors.

It is headquartered in Miami, Florida with centers of excellence in Hamburg, Germany, and facilities in Orléans, France, and Connecticut, USA.

[5] In 2024 Flacks Group entered the mining industry by acquiring Artemyn, previously a division of Imerys SA.

[11] Flacks Group intended to implement an international expansion strategy for DBT, which will reassume its previous brand OGRO.

[12] In 2017 Flacks Group acquired Fürstenberg Hoiz, a business focused on wood packaging located in Hüfingen, Germany.

In 2020 Flacks Group became the sole investor in Corizon Health, previously majority-owned by hedge fund BlueMountain Capital Management.