GTCR has completed the sale of Worldpay to Global Payments in a $24.25bn cash-and-stock transaction, concluding one of the largest strategic exits in private equity history.

The deal forms part of a three-way transaction announced in April 2025, under which Global Payments acquired Worldpay from GTCR and FIS, while FIS simultaneously agreed to buy Global Payments’ Issuer Solutions business. Following the transaction, GTCR will own shares representing about 15% of Global Payments’ equity, allowing it to participate in future value creation from the combined group.

GTCR acquired a majority stake in Worldpay in July 2023 from FIS through its Leaders Strategy™, partnering with industry veteran Charles Drucker as chief executive. During the ownership period, GTCR and management focused on re-accelerating growth through technology investments, product enhancement, and operational execution.

Collin Roche, co-chief executive and managing director of GTCR, said: “Our partnership with CEO Charles Drucker and the Worldpay team over the last two years illustrates the value of our Leaders Strategy™ approach and expertise executing complex transactions to drive transformational change and growth in businesses of all sizes.”

Drucker said: “Working in close collaborative partnership with GTCR and through the tremendous efforts of our talented Worldpay colleagues, we were able to significantly expand our global processing capabilities and bring new payment innovations to market.”

Worldpay is a global payments technology provider processing more than 55bn transactions annually across 174 countries and 138 currencies. Wells Fargo and Morgan Stanley acted as financial advisers on the transaction, with Kirkland & Ellis providing legal counsel.

The sale highlights continued strategic interest in scaled payments assets and underscores private equity’s ability to execute complex carve-outs and transformational transactions in highly competitive financial technology markets.

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