Middle Market Musings
Middle Market Musings
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Episode 91: The No Guest Episode // Five Years of Reflection, One Episode of Musings
For our Season Five finale, we turn the microphones on ourselves. With no guest to keep us in line, Denver-based marketing guru Kim Kelty steps in as moderator, referee, and occasional peacekeeper.We reflect on nearly 90 episodes, the le...
Episode 90: John Connaughton, Chairman, Bain Capital - Helping Build Bain Capital into a $225 Billion Private Equity Firm
John Connaughton is chair of Bain Capital, the Boston-based private equity firm with roughly $225 billion in assets under management. Discussion begins with John’s childhood in Baltimore and the pace set by his Irish emigre parents. ...
Episode 89: Morgan Witham, Ficus Advisors - From Harris Williams' Youngest Executive to Launching Ficus Advisors
Morgan Witham, a stellar product of the Harris Williams “coaching tree,” stops by Middle Market Musings – akin to starting your career with the New York Yankees and ending up in the dugout with Ricky Vaughn and Willie Mays Hayes. Morgan r...
Episode 88: Emily Holdman, Permanent Equity - Building Founder Partnerships Without the Traditional PE Playbook
Emily is a Managing Director at Permanent Equity, a St. Louis-based private equity firm that his made its reputation as its name suggests – by investing out of 30-year funds that enable longer term holds and relationships with founding entrepre...
Episode 87: John Ferrara, Capstone Partners - Growing Capstone Partners and Navigating Its Sale to Huntington Bank
This one is as action-packed and varied in scene as a James Bond movie. John Ferrara is founder and CEO of Capstone Partners, the middle market investment bank. John’s story rolls through his upbringing in hardscrabble Brockton, MA ...