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The following Big Move! items appeared in the February 6 edition of Private Equity Career News.
Big Move! Daniel Avrutsky joins the New York City office of investment bank Perella Weinberg as a partner to advise software and future-of-work companies on transactions, according to his Linkedin profile. Avrutsky previously served as a managing director at Jefferies.
Rob Polakoff, a former partner at Solamere Capital who remains an advisor to the PE firm, has hung out his own shingle to acquire small companies providing essential services. The managing partner of Barnsbrook Partners joins a number of rainmakers that have launched their own independent sponsors in recent months.
The following Big Move! items appeared in the January 30 edition of Private Equity Career News
Big Move! Max Chee joins Palm Beach Gardens, Florida-based small-cap equities specialist Hood River Capital Management as partner and head of private investments, according to his Linkedin profile. Chee most recently served as partner and head of venture capital and growth equity investments at financial services-focused Aquiline, based in New York City.
Buyout firm GrowthCurve Capital, which uses artificial intelligence and other technologies to improve the performance of its portfolio companies, has expanded its in-house team of AI experts with the recent hires of former Instagram and Meta executives, Private Equity Career Newshas learned.
Mid-market PE shop The Sterling Group, known for its operational prowess and devotion to employee training, seeks a rising second-year MBA student to join as a summer intern to vet and evaluate investments. The opportunity could lead to an offer to join as a VP.
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Sung H. Ko, a fundraising expert who recently served as managing director of Carlyle Asia, has left Washington DC-based Carlyle Group after nearly 11 years to launch a new venture.
The following Big Move! items ran in the January 23 edition of Private Equity Career News:
Michael Acri joins New York City-based buyout firm New Mountain Capital as managing director, GP-led secondaries, according to his Linkedin profile. Acri most recently served as a principal at secondary buyer Coller Capital.
Too small and too risky: That's been the perennial knock on debut funds by placement agents looking for fresh clients to take to market.
But as the new year gets underway Private Equity Career News has identified four first-time fundraisers with big-name placement agents by their sides.
The following Big Move items appeared in the January 16 edition of Private Equity Career News:
Big Move! UK-based Zeynep Tumer Bayazid joins buyout firm AEA Investors as head of EMEA on the investor relations and fundraising team, according to her Linkedin profile. Bayazid most recently served as partner and head of business development at AlbaCore Capital Group.
Continue reading “Big Moves: AEA Investors, GenNx360 Capital, General Atlantic”
The California Public Employees’ Retirement System, which manages about $599 billion in assets, has opened a search for a new private markets deputy chief investment officer.