Our Leadership Team.
Two friends. Complementary backgrounds. A shared vision.
MBA at Columbia Business School with Dean's Honors
Worked in Private Equity for 3 years as a Vice President at Tamarix Capital Partners and as an Associate at Crestview Partners
Prior to Crestview, worked for 3 years in Investment Banking at Goldman Sachs as an Associate and Analyst
Bachelor of Arts in Economics from Yale University with distinction and cum laude
Served as Captain of the Yale Varsity Tennis Team
Interests: Golf, boxing, music, weightlifting, running and nutrition
MBA from Columbia Business School with Dean’s Honors and Distinction (top 5%)
Worked for 3 years as a Senior Consultant and Analyst at Bain & Company, advising senior clients across several industries such as Mining, Retail and Financial Services.
Prior to Bain, worked for 3 years at Shell as a Petroleum Engineer, managing the reservoir engineering of two large offshore oil fields.
Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro
Member of the University Basketball Team
Interests: Playing guitar, singing and reading
Our Investors
We have partnered with an outstanding, diverse group of institutional and individual investors.
They have different experiences, but share one common trait: commitment to the long-term success of the business we acquire.
Institutional investors
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Footbridge Partners invests in exceptional entrepreneurs whose mission is to source, buy and build a market leading company over the long term. Website here.
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Trilogy invests in leaders with distinctive backgrounds, who have the entrepreneurial drive, demonstrated leadership skills, and commercial aptitude to achieve their dream of owning and growing a successful business. Website here.
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WSC & Company focuses on building exceptional businesses through the traditional search fund model and through middle-market buyouts. Website here.
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Endurance Search Partners is a modern family office that partners with exceptional search fund entrepreneurs to help them realize their vision of becoming the next generation of great leaders and make their mark. They have over 14 years of experience and have partnered with over 250 entrepreneurs. Website here.
Individuals
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Andrew Saltoun founded his family investment office, Saltoun, after his successful tenure as the CEO of Integra Partners, a technology enabled healthcare services company. Saltoun’s investment strategy is grounded in supporting a few great companies on their journeys to amazing. Website here.
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Blake has over 37 years of investment experience through Leucadia National Corporation, the Channel Investment Group, Generation Ventures, The Fremont Group and Partner Ventures. Profile here.
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Will founded Housatonic Partners in Boston in 1994 and has been Managing Director since. Will has over two decades of experience investing in recurring service companies across a wide variety of industries. Profile here.
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Andrew is the Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Delight Restaurant Group, a Wendy’s and Taco Bell restaurant franchisee with 160 restaurants and $325+ million in revenue. Prior to Delight, Andrew was a Vice President at the Carlyle Group where he invested in the healthcare and industrials sectors.
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Rich is the Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Delight Restaurant Group, a Wendy’s and Taco Bell restaurant franchisee with 160 restaurants and $325+ million in revenue. Prior to Delight, Rich was a Principal at The Baupost Group where he focused on US, European, and Brazilian real estate investments. He has a very successful real estate investment track record with over 30 transactions across all real estate sectors and parts of the capital structure.
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Roberto is a strategic leader with over ten years of experience in finance and investments. He has successfully run a Search Fund in Mexico, and currently invests through Ventura Search Capital. Profile here
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Patrick LaValley is a Principal at Crestview Partners and has over 10 years of private equity investing experience across various industries including Media, Industrials, and Consumer. He serves on the board of several Crestview portfolio companies.
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Frederic is a serial entrepreneur with over 40 year’s experience in the sales and marketing technology space. He has successulfy built and scaled Affinity Media, a leading global provider of advertising services. Profile here.