Private Equity Fast Pitch
Episode 27 - Victor Vescovo, Insight Equity
Episode 27 features Victor Vescovo who is a Managing Partner and Co-Founder of Insight Equity. The firm has over $1B of equity capital under management and his current, primary responsibility is overseeing four of Insight's current portfolio firms as their Chairman as well as leading Insight's transaction efforts in aerospace, defense, machining, and technology.
Before co-founding Insight Equity, Victor led product development at Military Advantage, a venture-backed Internet company sold to Monster Worldwide in 2004. Prior to that, he was a senior manager at Bain & Company where he focused on merger integration and operational improvement cases. In the early nineties, Victor worked in the mergers & acquisitions department of Lehman Brothers where he was responsible for company due diligence and transaction execution, as well as working overseas in the Middle East advising the Saudi government on business investments.
Victor received his MBA from the Harvard Business School where he was named a Baker Scholar for graduating in the top 5% of his class. He has also received a Master's Degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and earned a double major BA in economics and political science from Stanford University.
Victor currently serves as the Chairman of the Board of Micross Components, MB Precision Investment Holdings, Dustex Holdings, and VirTex Investment Holdings. He also serves on the Board of the general partner of Emerge Energy Services LP, Versatile Processing Group Holdings, Plasman Group, Panolam, and Riverbend Foods.
Additionally, Victor served 20 years in the U.S. Navy Reserve, retiring in 2014 as a Commander (O-5). In 2017, Victor became the 12th American to complete the "Explorer's Grand Slam" which requires climbing the highest peak on all seven of the world's continents including Mt. Everest, and skiing at least 100 kilometers to both the North and South Poles. He is also an instrument-rated, multi-engine jet and helicopter pilot.
Before co-founding Insight Equity, Victor led product development at Military Advantage, a venture-backed Internet company sold to Monster Worldwide in 2004. Prior to that, he was a senior manager at Bain & Company where he focused on merger integration and operational improvement cases. In the early nineties, Victor worked in the mergers & acquisitions department of Lehman Brothers where he was responsible for company due diligence and transaction execution, as well as working overseas in the Middle East advising the Saudi government on business investments.
Victor received his MBA from the Harvard Business School where he was named a Baker Scholar for graduating in the top 5% of his class. He has also received a Master's Degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and earned a double major BA in economics and political science from Stanford University.
Victor currently serves as the Chairman of the Board of Micross Components, MB Precision Investment Holdings, Dustex Holdings, and VirTex Investment Holdings. He also serves on the Board of the general partner of Emerge Energy Services LP, Versatile Processing Group Holdings, Plasman Group, Panolam, and Riverbend Foods.
Additionally, Victor served 20 years in the U.S. Navy Reserve, retiring in 2014 as a Commander (O-5). In 2017, Victor became the 12th American to complete the "Explorer's Grand Slam" which requires climbing the highest peak on all seven of the world's continents including Mt. Everest, and skiing at least 100 kilometers to both the North and South Poles. He is also an instrument-rated, multi-engine jet and helicopter pilot.
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Private Equity Fast Pitch
Episode 1 - Kurt Haras, Quarton International
Episode 1 - Kurt Haras, Quarton International
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Episode 2 - Jay Jester, Audax Group
Episode 2 - Jay Jester, Audax Group
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Episode 3 - Clay Hunter, The Stephens Group
Episode 3 - Clay Hunter, The Stephens Group
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Episode 4 - Jeff Sangalis, Orix Mezzanine and Private Equity
Episode 4 - Jeff Sangalis, Orix Mezzanine and Private Equity
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Episode 5 - Charlie Gifford, New Heritage Capital
Episode 5 - Charlie Gifford, New Heritage Capital
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Episode 6 - David Iverson, Lazard Middle Market
Episode 6 - David Iverson, Lazard Middle Market
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Episode 7 - Blythe Jack, TSG Consumer
Episode 7 - Blythe Jack, TSG Consumer
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Episode 8 - Dave Althoff, Duff & Phelps
Episode 8 - Dave Althoff, Duff & Phelps
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Episode 9 - Suzanne Yoon, Kinzie Capital Partners
Episode 9 - Suzanne Yoon, Kinzie Capital Partners
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Episode 10 , Advice to Graduates from Leading PE Influencers
Episode 10 , Advice to Graduates from Leading PE Influencers
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Episode 11 - Hunter Carpenter, RedBird Capital
Episode 11 - Hunter Carpenter, RedBird Capital
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Episode 12 - Scott MacLaren, The Sterling Group
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Episode 13 - Chad Sweet, The Chertoff Group
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Episode 14 - Jeri Harman, Avante Mezzanine
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Episode 15 - Barry Freeman, Lincoln International
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Episode 16 - Paul Murphy, Sentinel Capital Partners
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Episode 17 - Tammie Miller, TKO Miller
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Episode 18 - Drew Quartapella, BlackArch Partners
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Episode 19 - Glenn Oken, Mangrove Equity
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Episode 20 - Ted Kramer, Hammond Kennedy Whitney
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Episode 21 - David Felts, TM Capital
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Episode 22 - Adam Blumenthal, Blue Wolf Capital
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Episode 23 - Alice Mann, Blue Wolf Capital
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Episode 24 - Drew Spitzer, Harris Williams
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Episode 25 - Tripp Davis, 7Mile Advisors
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Episode 26 - Jeff Cleveland, D.A. Davidson