About
Chris Tanner joined Paceline in April 2025, where he handles asset management and value creation planning for the firm's corporate investments. He previously worked as a Principal at Leon Capital and spent over five years as a Vice President at Kelso & Company, supporting portfolio investments across areas such as go-to-market, pricing, digital marketing, post-merger integration, and cost reduction. Earlier in his career he worked at Breakout Capital, a Chicago-based venture capital firm, and began as a management consultant at Oliver Wyman; he holds an MBA from Northwestern's Kellogg School and a bachelor's degree in business management from Brigham Young University.
Experience
- Paceline Equity PartnersDirectorcurrent2025 — presentDallas, TX
- Leon Capital GroupPrincipal2024 — 2025Dallas, Texas, United States
- Kelso & CompanyVice President, Portfolio Operations2019 — 2024
- Breakout CapitalVenture Capital2018Greater Chicago Area
- PacklaneInterim-CFO2018Greater Chicago Area
- Oliver WymanAssociate2013 — 2017Dallas/Fort Worth Area
- EYConsultant — Internship2012London, England
- The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day SaintsVolunteer and Regional Leader2008 — 2010Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brazil
Skills & more
PowerPoint16Microsoft Excel16SQL3Tableau1VBA1Teradata2
Languages English · Portuguese · Spanish
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Colleagues at Paceline
Allison Murphy
Director, Investor Relations at Paceline
Andres Rodriguez
Senior Associate at Paceline
Aseem Arab
Senior Associate at Paceline
Ben Anderson
Director, Portfolio Reporting at Paceline
Ben Shank
Director at Paceline
Brad Davis
Head of Underwriting and Asset Management at Paceline
Christian Wright
Investor Relations Senior Analyst at Paceline
Davis Ellies
Vice President at Paceline
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Chris Tanner?
- Chris Tanner joined Paceline in April 2025, where he handles asset management and value creation planning for the firm's corporate investments. He previously worked as a Principal at Leon Capital and spent over five years as a Vice President at Kelso & Company, supporting portfolio investments across areas such as go-to-market, pricing, digital marketing, post-merger integration, and cost reduction. Earlier in his career he worked at Breakout Capital, a Chicago-based venture capital firm, and began as a management consultant at Oliver Wyman; he holds an MBA from Northwestern's Kellogg School and a bachelor's degree in business management from Brigham Young University.
- Where does Chris Tanner work?
- Chris Tanner is Director at Paceline.
- Where did Chris Tanner go to school?
- Chris Tanner studied at Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management (Master of Business Administration - MBA); The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) (Negotiation and International Business); Brigham Young University (Bachelor of Science, Business Management emphasis in Strategy).
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