/People

John Howard

Investor

Co-Managing Partner at Irving Place

Find your path to John

Sign up to see every warm intro you have to John

  • Paths you didn't know you had: your email and LinkedIn already hold routes to John. We find them for you
  • 2nd- and 3rd-degree connections: the friend-of-a-friend routes that take hours to manually find through your inbox or LinkedIn
  • Answers now, not in days: momentum is everything in a raise. Skip asking around whether someone knows someone

Days of research, done the moment you sign in, with every route ranked by how warm it is.

About

John D. Howard is Co-Managing Partner of Irving Place Capital, which he founded in 1997, and has over 30 years of private equity experience across consumer products, retail, and industrial sectors. He previously served as co-CEO of Vestar Capital Partners and earlier was a Senior Vice President and Partner at Wesray Capital Corporation. He holds an M.B.A. from Yale School of Management and a B.A. from Trinity College.

Invests in

ConsumerRetail Tech

Investments

Board seats

Aero SafetyAéropostaleBendonDotsIntegrated Circuit SystemsMulti Packaging SolutionsNew York & CompanyNice-Pak HoldingsNrt Incorporatedrag & boneSafety 1stSeven For All MankindStandard HoldingsStuart WeitzmanUniversal Hospital ServicesVitamin Shoppe

Per the firm's website.

Colleagues at Irving Place

Frequently asked questions

Who is John Howard?
John D. Howard is Co-Managing Partner of Irving Place Capital, which he founded in 1997, and has over 30 years of private equity experience across consumer products, retail, and industrial sectors. He previously served as co-CEO of Vestar Capital Partners and earlier was a Senior Vice President and Partner at Wesray Capital Corporation. He holds an M.B.A. from Yale School of Management and a B.A. from Trinity College.
Where does John Howard work?
John Howard is Co-Managing Partner at Irving Place.
What does John Howard invest in?
John Howard invests in Consumer, Retail Tech.
What boards does John Howard sit on?
John Howard holds tracked board seats at Aero Safety, Aéropostale, Bendon, Dots, Integrated Circuit Systems, Multi Packaging Solutions, New York & Company, Nice-Pak Holdings, Nrt Incorporated, rag & bone.

About this profile. Compiled from public sources — Irving Place's own website and public professional profiles — and summarised by Fundraising Fox; every fact is kept with where it came from. Spotted an error, or would rather not be listed? Email privacy@fundraisingfox.com · How we build profiles · Your rights