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Tom Smith is Chairman of the Mason Wells Buyout Funds and serves as President and Chairman of the Board of Mason Wells, Inc., the firm's management company. His work covers sourcing investment opportunities, structuring and negotiating transactions, serving on portfolio company boards, and managing exits, with over 32 years in middle-market private equity. He began in investment banking at Robert W. Baird & Co. and Smith Barney, joined Marshall & Ilsley Bank's private equity group in 1991, and was part of the team that spun out to form Mason Wells in 1998. He holds a Master of Management from Northwestern University's Kellogg Graduate School of Management and a bachelor's degree from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Experience
- Mason WellsExecutive Managing Directorcurrent1998 β present
- Mason WellsChairmancurrent1991 β presentMilwaukee, Wisconsin, United States
- M&I Capital Markets GroupVice President1991 β 1998
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- Who is Tom Smith?
- Tom Smith is Chairman of the Mason Wells Buyout Funds and serves as President and Chairman of the Board of Mason Wells, Inc., the firm's management company. His work covers sourcing investment opportunities, structuring and negotiating transactions, serving on portfolio company boards, and managing exits, with over 32 years in middle-market private equity. He began in investment banking at Robert W. Baird & Co. and Smith Barney, joined Marshall & Ilsley Bank's private equity group in 1991, and was part of the team that spun out to form Mason Wells in 1998. He holds a Master of Management from Northwestern University's Kellogg Graduate School of Management and a bachelor's degree from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
- Where does Tom Smith work?
- Tom Smith is Chairman at Mason Wells.
- Where did Tom Smith go to school?
- Tom Smith studied at Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management (MM, Finance); University of Wisconsin-Madison.
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