Star Mountain Capital: Recent Episodes
Star Mountain Capital
Star Mountain Capital is a specialized investment firm with ~$1.75 billion in AUM focused exclusively on the large and fragmented U.S. lower middle-market. Star Mountain has closed ~100 direct investments and ~20 secondary / fund investments since inception. The Firm provides insights, relationships and resources to assist companies in maximizing value by:
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Providing senior and/or junior debt to established, growing small and medium-sized companies.
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Investing minority or control equity capital into established, growing small and medium-sized companies.
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Purchasing investments and LP positions from other investors in lower middle-market funds and companies.
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Providing strategic LP capital (including separate accounts) to lower middle-market funds.
Star Mountain’s specialty is helping grow companies that generally have at least $15 million of annual revenues and $3-30 million of EBITDA through organic and strategic initiatives such as acquisitions.
Team includes former Head of Credit Suisse Alternatives ($100 bn AUM), Chief Risk Officer GSO / Blackstone, Head of Leveraged Loan Capital Markets at Merrill Lynch and BAML (underwrote ~$50 bn in event driven financings), Co-Heads of ~$6 bn Merrill Lynch and BAML Private Equity, ~$11 bn Citigroup Private Equity and Merchant Banking Division of BNP Paribas and Head of Media & Communications Merchant, Investment and Corporate Banking at BMO.
Star Mountain Capital Founder & CEO Brett Hickey sits down with Former President and CEO of Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas Robert Kaplan to discuss Leadership. Founded in 2010, Star Mountain is a specialized U.S. lower middle-market asset management firm focused on two investment strategies: 1) providing debt/equity capital to established, growing companies; and 2) purchasing existing LP positions, generally at a discount, in lower middle-market funds. Star Mountain manages $4+ billion of AUM (committed capital including debt facilities as of 12/31/24) through funds and SMAs for some of the most sophisticated investors globally including individuals, family offices/wealth managers, insurance companies, endowments / foundations and pension plans. Star Mountain is 100% employee-owned with 100% of U.S. full-time employees sharing in the investment profits across 110+ team members and 40+ senior advisors/operating partners in 20+ offices. Since inception Star Mountain has made over 200 investments. Please see our general disclosures here: https://bit.ly/SMC-General-DisclosuresLEARN MORE ABOUT US:WEBSITE: www.starmountaincapital.comMEDIA CENTER: www.starmountaincapital.com/media-centerLINKEDIN: www.linkedin.com/company/Star-Mountain-Capital-LLCFOUNDATION: starmountaincharitablefoundation.org/TWITTER: www.twitter.com/StarMountainCapYOUTUBE: www.youtube.com/c/StarMountainCapitalSOUNDCLOUD: @starmountaincapitalFACEBOOK: www.facebook.com/StarMountainCapital/INSTAGRAM: www.instagram.com/star.mountain.capital/
Star Mountain Capital Founder & CEO, Brett Hickey, sits down with Senior Research Analyst at Marquette Associates, Evan Frazier where he shares insights into the evolving dynamics of the economy around geopolitical events, American consumers and evergreen structures.Founded in 2010, Star Mountain is a specialized U.S. lower middle-market asset management firm focused on two investment strategies: 1) providing debt/equity capital to established, growing companies; and 2) purchasing existing LP positions, generally at a discount, in lower middle-market funds. Star Mountain manages $4+ billion of AUM (committed capital including debt facilities as of 10/31/24) through funds and SMAs for some of the most sophisticated investors globally including individuals, family offices/wealth managers, insurance companies, endowments / foundations and pension plans. Star Mountain is 100% employee-owned with 100% of U.S. full-time employees sharing in the investment profits across 80+ team members and 40+ senior advisors/operating partners in 20+ offices. Since inception Star Mountain has made over 200 investments. Please see our general disclosures here: https://bit.ly/SMC-General-DisclosuresLEARN MORE ABOUT US:WEBSITE: www.starmountaincapital.comMEDIA CENTER: www.starmountaincapital.com/media-centerLINKEDIN: www.linkedin.com/company/Star-Mountain-Capital-LLCFOUNDATION: starmountaincharitablefoundation.org/TWITTER: www.twitter.com/StarMountainCapYOUTUBE: www.youtube.com/c/StarMountainCapitalSOUNDCLOUD: @starmountaincapitalFACEBOOK: www.facebook.com/StarMountainCapital/INSTAGRAM: www.instagram.com/star.mountain.capital/LEARN MORE ABOUT US:WEBSITE: www.starmountaincapital.comMEDIA CENTER: www.starmountaincapital.com/media-centerLINKEDIN: www.linkedin.com/company/Star-Mountain-Capital-LLCFOUNDATION: starmountaincharitablefoundation.org/TWITTER: www.twitter.com/StarMountainCapYOUTUBE: www.youtube.com/c/StarMountainCapitalSOUNDCLOUD: @starmountaincapitalFACEBOOK: www.facebook.com/StarMountainCapital/INSTAGRAM: www.instagram.com/star.mountain.capital/
Star Mountain Capital Founder & CEO, Brett Hickey, sits down with former Chief Investment Officer of the Employees Retirement System of Texas to discuss how the lower middle-market can be a good complement to a portfolio.Founded in 2010, Star Mountain is a specialized U.S. lower middle-market asset management firm focused on two investment strategies: 1) providing debt/equity capital to established, growing companies; and 2) purchasing existing LP positions, generally at a discount, in lower middle-market funds. Star Mountain manages ~$4 billion of AUM (committed capital including debt facilities as of 3/31/24) through funds and SMAs for some of the most sophisticated investors globally including individuals, family offices/wealth managers, insurance companies, endowments / foundations and pension plans. Star Mountain is 100% employee-owned with 100% of U.S. full-time employees sharing in the investment profits across 80+ team members and 40+ senior advisors/operating partners in 20+ offices. Since inception Star Mountain has made over 200 investments.LEARN MORE ABOUT US:WEBSITE: www.starmountaincapital.comMEDIA CENTER: www.starmountaincapital.com/media-centerLINKEDIN: www.linkedin.com/company/Star-Mountain-Capital-LLCFOUNDATION: starmountaincharitablefoundation.org/TWITTER: www.twitter.com/StarMountainCapYOUTUBE: www.youtube.com/c/StarMountainCapitalSOUNDCLOUD: @starmountaincapitalFACEBOOK: www.facebook.com/StarMountainCapital/INSTAGRAM: www.instagram.com/star.mountain.capital/LEARN MORE ABOUT US:WEBSITE: www.starmountaincapital.comMEDIA CENTER: www.starmountaincapital.com/media-centerLINKEDIN: www.linkedin.com/company/Star-Mountain-Capital-LLCFOUNDATION: starmountaincharitablefoundation.org/TWITTER: www.twitter.com/StarMountainCapYOUTUBE: www.youtube.com/c/StarMountainCapitalSOUNDCLOUD: @starmountaincapitalFACEBOOK: www.facebook.com/StarMountainCapital/INSTAGRAM: www.instagram.com/star.mountain.capital/
Star Mountain Capital Founder & CEO, Brett Hickey, sits down with former co-founder of LBC Credit Partners, Chris Calabrese, to discuss the role of a challenger on an investment committee.Founded in 2010, Star Mountain is a specialized U.S. lower middle-market asset management firm focused on two investment strategies: 1) providing debt/equity capital to established, growing companies; and 2) purchasing existing LP positions, generally at a discount, in lower middle-market funds. Star Mountain manages ~$4 billion of AUM (committed capital including debt facilities as of 2/29/24) through funds and SMAs for some of the most sophisticated investors globally including individuals, family offices/wealth managers, insurance companies, endowments / foundations and pension plans. Star Mountain is 100% employee-owned with 100% of U.S. full-time employees sharing in the investment profits across 80+ team members and 40+ senior advisors/operating partners in 20+ offices. Since inception Star Mountain has made over 200 investments.LEARN MORE ABOUT US:WEBSITE: www.starmountaincapital.comMEDIA CENTER: www.starmountaincapital.com/media-centerLINKEDIN: www.linkedin.com/company/Star-Mountain-Capital-LLCFOUNDATION: starmountaincharitablefoundation.org/TWITTER: www.twitter.com/StarMountainCapYOUTUBE: www.youtube.com/c/StarMountainCapitalSOUNDCLOUD: @starmountaincapitalFACEBOOK: www.facebook.com/StarMountainCapital/INSTAGRAM: www.instagram.com/star.mountain.capital/LEARN MORE ABOUT US:WEBSITE: www.starmountaincapital.comMEDIA CENTER: www.starmountaincapital.com/media-centerLINKEDIN: www.linkedin.com/company/Star-Mountain-Capital-LLCFOUNDATION: starmountaincharitablefoundation.org/TWITTER: www.twitter.com/StarMountainCapYOUTUBE: www.youtube.com/c/StarMountainCapitalSOUNDCLOUD: @starmountaincapitalFACEBOOK: www.facebook.com/StarMountainCapital/INSTAGRAM: www.instagram.com/star.mountain.capital/
Star Mountain Capital Founder & CEO Brett Hickey sits down with Chief Investment Officer at New York State Nurses Association Pension Plan & Benefits Fund, Dylan Tate, to discuss how Private Credit can be well positioned to provide capital protection and attractive risk adjusted returns in a potential market downturn. Founded in 2010, Star Mountain is a specialized U.S. lower middle-market asset management firm focused on two investment strategies: 1) providing debt/equity capital to established, growing companies; and 2) purchasing existing LP positions, generally at a discount, in lower middle-market funds. Star Mountain manages $3.8+ billion AUM (committed capital including debt facilities as of 12/1/23) through funds and SMAs for some of the most sophisticated investors globally including individuals, family offices/wealth managers, insurance companies, endowments / foundations and pension plans. Star Mountain is 100% employee-owned with 100% of U.S. full-time employees sharing in the investment profits across 80+ team members and 40+ senior advisors/operating partners in 20+ offices. Since inception Star Mountain has made over 200 investments.LEARN MORE ABOUT US:WEBSITE: www.starmountaincapital.comMEDIA CENTER: www.starmountaincapital.com/media-centerLINKEDIN: www.linkedin.com/company/Star-Mountain-Capital-LLCFOUNDATION: starmountaincharitablefoundation.org/TWITTER: www.twitter.com/StarMountainCapYOUTUBE: www.youtube.com/c/StarMountainCapitalSOUNDCLOUD: @starmountaincapitalFACEBOOK: www.facebook.com/StarMountainCapital/INSTAGRAM: www.instagram.com/star.mountain.capital/LEARN MORE ABOUT US:WEBSITE: www.starmountaincapital.comMEDIA CENTER: www.starmountaincapital.com/media-centerLINKEDIN: www.linkedin.com/company/Star-Mountain-Capital-LLCFOUNDATION: starmountaincharitablefoundation.org/TWITTER: www.twitter.com/StarMountainCapYOUTUBE: www.youtube.com/c/StarMountainCapitalSOUNDCLOUD: @starmountaincapitalFACEBOOK: www.facebook.com/StarMountainCapital/INSTAGRAM: www.instagram.com/star.mountain.capital/
Star Mountain Capital Founder & CEO, Brett Hickey, sits down with his former Harvard Business School professor, Robert Steven Kaplan, to discuss tips for businesses and investors in an uncertain economic environment where both Hickey and Kaplan believe there is a reasonable probability of a recession.“The main advice I’d give to companies and investors is make sure you have good financial flexibility. If you’re a business, don’t get yourself overleveraged,” said Kaplan, former President and CEO of Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, Senior Associate Dean and the Martin Marshall Professor of Management Practice at Harvard Business School, Vice Chairman of Investment Banking and Investment Management Divisions at Goldman Sachs, Chairman of the Investment Advisory Committee at Google and Interim CEO for Harvard University Endowment, the largest endowment in the world with ~$50 bn AUM as of the 2023 fiscal year.Founded in 2010, Star Mountain is a specialized U.S. lower middle-market asset management firm focused on two investment strategies: 1) providing debt/equity capital to established, growing companies; and 2) purchasing existing LP positions, generally at a discount, in lower middle-market funds. Star Mountain manages ~$3.5 billion of AUM (committed capital including debt facilities as of 9/30/23) through funds and SMAs for some of the most sophisticated investors globally including individuals, family offices/wealth managers, insurance companies, endowments / foundations and pension plans. Star Mountain is 100% employee-owned with 100% of U.S. full-time employees sharing in the investment profits across 80+ team members and 40+ senior advisors/operating partners in 20+ offices. Since inception Star Mountain has made over 200 investments. LEARN MORE ABOUT US: WEBSITE: https://www.starmountaincapital.com MEDIA CENTER: https://www.starmountaincapital.com/media-center LINKEDIN: https://www.linkedin.com/company/Star-Mountain-Capital-LLCFOUNDATION: https://starmountaincharitablefoundation.org/ TWITTER: https://www.twitter.com/StarMountainCap YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/c/StarMountainCapital SOUNDCLOUD: https://soundcloud.com/starmountaincapital FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/StarMountainCapital/INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/star.mountain.capital/LEARN MORE ABOUT US: WEBSITE: https://www.starmountaincapital.com MEDIA CENTER: https://www.starmountaincapital.com/media-center LINKEDIN: https://www.linkedin.com/company/Star-Mountain-Capital-LLCFOUNDATION: https://starmountaincharitablefoundation.org/ TWITTER: https://www.twitter.com/StarMountainCap YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/c/StarMountainCapital SOUNDCLOUD: https://soundcloud.com/starmountaincapital FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/StarMountainCapital/INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/star.mountain.capital/
Star Mountain Capital CEO Brett Hickey sits down virtually with Steve Goodman, the President & CEO of SHG Planning to discuss the importance of succession and estate planning.
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Star Mountain Capital CEO Brett Hickey recently spoke with IVY CEO Beri Meric about how to properly select business partners, how to strategically finance the growth of a business, and about building and taking a business to the next level.
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Star Mountain Capital CEO Brett Hickey recently spoke with KBW CEO Tom Michaud about how smaller banks have stepped up during the #COVID19 crisis, why the big banks have momentum, and how the crisis has driven mid-sized banks to become more focused. He also discussed the potential impact on bank M&A, noting “banks are taking advantage of very low rates, a global thirst for yield, and a moment in time to fortify their total capital ratios.
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Star Mountain Capital CEO Brett Hickey sits down with Justin Joffe, the founder & CEO of HENRY the Dentist to discuss HENRY's launch and financing options and solutions for growing businesses.
Star Mountain Capital Founder & CEO, Brett Hickey & Chief Risk Officer, Dr. Lev Borodovsky (former Chief Risk Officer of Credit Suisse Alternative Investments & GSO / Blackstone) sit down again to provide another in-depth analysis on the effects that COVID-19 has had on the global economy as well as on the U.S. small & medium-sized business marketplace.
Discussion points include: 1. Updates on vaccines & treatments 2. Market valuation considerations 3. Global & U.S. economy recovery expectations 4. How U.S. states are beginning to reopen.
Star Mountain Capital CEO Brett Hickey sits down with Lindsay Jurist-Rosner, the founder & CEO of Wellthy to discuss Wellthy's launch and financing options and solutions for growing businesses.
Star Mountain Capital Founder & CEO, Brett Hickey, and Chief Risk Officer, Dr. Lev Borodovsky (former Chief Risk Officer of Credit Suisse Alternative Investments and GSO / Blackstone), provide an analysis of what we currently know about COVID-19 (the “Coronavirus”) and how it might impact the global economy as well as the U.S. Lower Middle-Market (established small and medium-sized businesses).
Topics include: 1. Updates and Trends on COVID-19. 2. Hopes on COVID-19 Vaccines. 3. Updates and Forecasts on the Global & U.S. Economy. 4. Credit Market Trends & Information including relating to BDCs.
Star Mountain Capital Founder & CEO, Brett Hickey and Chief Risk Officer, Dr. Lev Borodovsky (former Chief Risk Officer of Credit Suisse Alternative Investments and GSO / Blackstone) provide an in-depth analysis of what we currently know of the COVID-19 (“Coronavirus”) and how it might impact the global economy as well as the U.S. Lower Middle-Market (aka established small and medium-sized businesses). Discussion points include vaccination efforts, GDP forecasts, the banking system, industries that are most affected and risks to consider in loan/debt/fixed income investment strategies.
Star Mountain Capital regularly offers its partners in the business owner/executive, lower middle-market fund manager, and deal advisor community access to complimentary educational events.
In this installment of Star Mountain's Webinar series, Chief Risk Officer Dr. Lev Borodovsky discusses the possibility of the next recession and topics including:
- How is this U.S. cycle different?
- A decade of exogenous shocks
- Diverging debt trends and the U.S. consumer
- Late cycle signals
- Key risks
About the Presenter: Dr. Lev Borodovsky is the Chief Risk Officer at Star Mountain Capital with over 20 years of experience covering private equity, risk management and operations. He is also the Editor of The Wall Street Journal's The Daily Shot. Dr. Borodovsky was previously a founding team member, Chief Risk Officer and Managing Director of the GSO/Blackstone platform. He was also the Former Head of Risk Management for the Alternative Capital Division at Credit Suisse First Boston as well as a Former Partner and Chief Risk Officer at Bell Point Capital Partners.
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Star Mountain Capital regularly offers its partners in the business owner/executive, lower middle-market fund manager, and deal advisor community access to complimentary educational events.
In this installment of Star Mountain's Webinar series, Chief Risk Officer Lev Borodovsky discusses implications of the U.S. government shutdown for small and medium-sized business and the economy including:
- The consumer confidence shock
- A hit to consumption and housing
- Chipping away at GDP
About the Presenter: Dr. Lev Borodovsky is the Chief Risk Officer at Star Mountain Capital with over 20 years of experience covering private equity, risk management and operations. He is also the Editor of The Wall Street Journal's The Daily Shot. Dr. Borodovsky was previously a founding team member, Chief Risk Officer and Managing Director of the GSO/Blackstone platform. He was also the Former Head of Risk Management for the Alternative Capital Division at Credit Suisse First Boston as well as a Former Partner and Chief Risk Officer at Bell Point Capital Partners.
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Dr. Lev Borodovsky is the Chief Risk Officer at Star Mountain Capital with over 20 years of experience covering private equity, risk management, and operations. He is also the Editor of The Wall Street Journal's The Daily Shot. Dr. Borodovsky was previously a founding team member, Chief Risk Officer, and Managing Director of the GSO/Blackstone platform. He was also the Former Head of Risk Management for the Alternative capital Division at Credit Suisse First Boston as well as a former Partner and Chief Risk Officer at Bell Point Capital Partners.
Star Mountain Capital regularly offers its partners in the business owner/executive, lower middle-market fund manager, and deal advisor community access to complimentary educational events.
About the Presenter: Dr. Lev Borodovsky is the Chief Risk Officer at Star Mountain Capital with over 20 years of experience covering private equity, risk management and operations. He is also the Editor of The Wall Street Journal's The Daily Shot. Dr. Borodovsky was previously a founding team member, Chief Risk Officer and Managing Director of the GSO/Blackstone platform. He was also the Former Head of Risk Management for the Alternative Capital Division at Credit Suisse First Boston as well as a Former Partner and Chief Risk Officer at Bell Point Capital Partners.
LEARN MORE ABOUT US:
WEBSITE: http://www.starmountaincapital.com MEDIA CENTER: http://www.starmountaincapita.com/media-center FOUNDATION: http://starmountaincharitablefoundation.org/ BRETT HICKEY: http://www.bretthickey.com TWITTER: http://www.twitter.com/StarMountainCap LINKEDIN: http://www.linkedin.com/company/Star-Mountain-Capital-LLC YOUTUBE: http://www.youtube.com/c/StarMountainCapital SOUNDCLOUD: https://soundcloud.com/starmountaincapital FACEBOOK: http://www.facebook.com/StarMountainCapital/ GOOGLE PLUS: http://plus.google.com/108738881983222377513 INSTAGRAM: http://www.instagram.com/star.mountain.capital/ WIKI: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brett_Hickey
Tips for Business Owners to Reduce Expenses and Maximize Enterprise Value
Presented by Miles Lee, CEO & President, Alliance Cost Containment, LLC
Topics to be discussed:
- The impact of indirect spend on a company’s bottom line.
- Debunking common myths about indirect expenses.
- The value of indirect expense reduction to private equity firms and financial sponsors.
- Pitfalls and lessons learned from the cost reduction trenches.
About the speaker: Miles Lee is the CEO and President of Alliance Cost Containment, LLC (ACC). He has led the company’s impressive growth since acquiring the business in 2007. Miles has over 20 years of executive strategic sourcing and group purchasing experience with a focus on cost reduction for private equity portfolio companies. Under his leadership, ACC has received numerous awards, including: Greater Louisville Inc. “Inc. Credible” Award winner, Best Places to Work 2017, Business of the Year finalist from Business First 2017, Inc. 5000 Fastest Growing Private Companies 2016, 2017, 2018, and Business First “Fast 50” award 2017.
About Star Mountain Capital: Star Mountain Capital is a specialized asset management firm focused on investing in the large and underserved U.S. lower middle-market of companies with typically under $15 million of EBITDA. Star Mountain's differentiated business model includes a custom-built media and technology platform bringing proven, large market resources to smaller businesses as a value-added lender and investment partner.
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Star Mountain Capital Founder & CEO, Brett Hickey, sat down with Business Rockstars’ Alex Wehrley during the 2017 Milken Institute Global Conference and discussed what Star Mountain Capital looks for in a business, how Star Mountain determines if there is a market need and what trends entrepreneurs should know about.
Brett also talks about why culture is key when creating a long term competitive advantage and how purpose is a critical part of careers for top performers.
It is well documented that 70% to 90% of deals fall short of expectations. What's less documented are the underlying causes for failed M&A activity. "Integration issues" are commonly cited, but what does that really mean? And how can acquirers structure due diligence to reduce the chance of failure?
Join Star Mountain Capital and experts from Strategex's Voice of the Customer practice for an informative discussion about customer diligence, and how it can be used to mitigate many of the primary causes of deal failure.
Topics to be discussed: - Understanding the role and value of customer diligence. - Outlining best practices for designing and executing a customer diligence project. - Validating a target's commercial potential through the use of the Net Promoter Score (NPS). - Mitigating customer concentration risk by developing strategies to retain key accounts. - Leveraging customer insights to grow key accounts and accelerate value creation.
About the presenters: Anthony Bahr is a Vice President in Strategex's VOC Strategic Practice where he leads research-based consulting engagements. He works in partnership with clients to design and implement research initiatives to address common questions that arise during due diligence.
Kay Cruse serves as VOC Vice President for Strategex. With nearly 20 years of client engagement and strategic marketing experience, Kay provides strategic marketing leadership to the VOC practice with a background in customer research, market strategy, brand development, and strategic opportunities.
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Star Mountain Capital regularly offers its partners in the business owner/executive, lower middle-market fund manager, and deal advisor community access to complimentary educational events.
About the Presenter: Dr. Lev Borodovsky is the Chief Risk Officer at Star Mountain Capital with over 20 years of experience covering private equity, risk management and operations. He is also the Editor of The Wall Street Journal's The Daily Shot. Dr. Borodovsky was previously a founding team member, Chief Risk Officer and Managing Director of the GSO/Blackstone platform. He was also the Former Head of Risk Management for the Alternative Capital Division at Credit Suisse First Boston as well as a Former Partner and Chief Risk Officer at Bell Point Capital Partners.
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Star Mountain Capital regularly offers its partners in the business owner/executive, lower middle-market fund manager, and deal advisor community access to complimentary educational events.
About the Presenter: Dr. Lev Borodovsky is the Chief Risk Officer at Star Mountain Capital with over 20 years of experience covering private equity, risk management and operations. He is also the Editor of The Wall Street Journal's The Daily Shot. Dr. Borodovsky was previously a founding team member, Chief Risk Officer and Managing Director of the GSO/Blackstone platform. He was also the Former Head of Risk Management for the Alternative Capital Division at Credit Suisse First Boston as well as a Former Partner and Chief Risk Officer at Bell Point Capital Partners.
2018: The Year of Rising Risks • U.S. Political Risks • The Geopolitical Landscape • China Slowdown Risks • U.S. Inflation and Interest Rates • Asset Valuation and Sentiment • Beyond 2018
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Whether you are looking to sell your firm or grow through a merger or acquisition, leadership capability is a critical factor for success. Decisions on market valuation is driven by perceptions of the effectiveness or ineffectiveness of a firm’s leadership team. And while M&A continues to be a major strategy in support of corporate growth, research and experience indicate that up to 70% of deals fail to meet stated objectives, and of those, 50% will destroy shareholder value.
Topics to be discussed: • How to understand and leverage your individual and collective leadership strengths to enhance your firm’s market valuation position. • How effective and ineffective leadership affect M&A transactions. • Real-world case studies on how middle market companies have leveraged the leadership factor in M&A transactions.