David Michel is Chief Executive Officer of Catapult Health, a Dallas-based innovator in virtual at-home preventive care recently acquired by Teledoc Health for $65 million.  Each stop in David’s story is spellbinding.  David begins wi...

Barbie Adler gives new meaning to the phrase “mystery date” with a star turn on Middle Market Musings.  Barbie is Founder and President of Selective Search, the nation’s preeminent luxury matchmaker.  Barbie traces her origin story fr...

Ron Miller’s good judgment and even temper survive an appearance on Middle Market Musings.  Ron, an old friend to both Andy and Charlie, is Managing Director and Head of US Middle Market Investment Banking at CIBC.   Ron talks about h...

Chris is a Partner at Pacific Lake Capital, one of the leading investors in the search fund industry and currently investing out of its $317 million sixth fund. The Stanford Graduate School of Business alum shares stories of his 20 plus years o...

The Middle Market Musings tour bus pulls into Western Pennsylvania for a lively episode with Steve Gurgovits, Managing Partner & Co-Founder of Tecum Capital.  Tecum is a multi-strategy investment firm focused on the lower middle market...

Scott Estill runs out of excuses and ends up in the MMM studio.  Scott is partner and head of the New York office at Lancor, a national search and advisory firm.  Scott reviews his extensive early career in investment banking and how ...

Randy is vice chairman at Churchill Asset Management.  With over $50 billion of committed capital, Churchill provides customized financing solutions to U.S. middle market private equity firms and their portfolio companies across the capita...

Scratch golfer Pat Galleher ends up in the tangled fescue that is Middle Market Musings.  Pat is Managing Partner of Boxwood Partners, the middle market investment bank based in Richmond, VA and Jupiter, FL.  Pat details his youth in ...

David Walker is president and CEO of EBSCO, one of America’s largest family-owned private companies.  With approximately $3 billion in revenues, EBSCO traces its origins to a magazine subscription business founded by Elton B. Stephens in 1...

Marty Mannion shows up and puts 40 years of leadership stature at risk.  Summit Partners is a pioneer in the private equity industry, with more than $32 billion invested to date.  Marty has been at Summit since 1985 and currently serv...

Since January, David Santoni has been Managing Director, Business Development at Audax Private Equity, now investing out of its seventh flagship fund, a $5.25 billion vehicle.  Before Audax, David was a well-known middle-market investment ...

Sir William Felix Browder provides a distinguished start to Season 4.  As CEO and Founder of Hermitage, Bill Browder became the largest portfolio investor in Russia.  He traces his family’s early connections to Russia, and then tells ...

Les Alexander takes MMM on a picaresque back-and-forth between the lowlands of Louisiana and the rolling hills of Virginia.   Childhood in New Orleans, college at UVA, a private equity and business career back home, then a return to Charlo...

Another episode, another chat with a Navy pilot / SEAL team member / US-Senate candidate / private equity star / private company CEO….Gabriel Gomez stops by to talk about his boyhood in Washington state, his extraordinary military service, and ...

Jeff Giles is the latest deal professional to run out of excuses and end up in the MMM studio. He is Executive Vice President for Corporate Development at Core & Main, a St. Louis-based publicly traded specialty distributor focused on water...

This episode features: a University of Missouri starting quarterback who tackled Brian Bosworth, a hardworking youthful entrepreneur, a standout networker in the M&A industry, a pioneer podcaster and a leader in the field of insurance / due...

If this were a Friends episode, it would be “The One Where Gretchen Shows Up With a Glass of Wine.”  Gretchen blows the doors off with insights into Avance’s deal activity, the current temperamental condition of the M&A market, and her...

Steve was the one “first time, long time” guest in the DealMax extravaganza.  Even so, he is as cool as the other side of the pillow in recounting his activities as TM’s head of sponsor coverage and the firm’s recent acquisition by Janney ...

Brent returns to the big stage for his first DealMax conference since assuming the reins as ACG’s CEO.  He shares some impressive numbers on this year’s event – more than 3,000 attendees and an estimated 35,000-40,000 meetings.  Then ...

Christina Pai is a partner at Fort Point Capital, a Boston-based private equity firm focused on service businesses with high growth potential.  This episode begins and ends with Christina and Charlie swapping captivating Boston sports insi...

Mark Chesen is a founder and managing partner at SSG Capital Advisors, a special situations-focused investment bank that has completed more than 400 transactions since its founding in 2001.  Mark zips through growing up in Iowa, college at...

The Middle Market Musings tour bus rolls into southwestern Ohio for a discussion with Ashley Hess, Partner-in-Charge of Baker Hostetler’s Cincinnati office.  Ashley draws vivid stories out of a succession of stops in his journey:  Wes...

This time around, Chrisanne Corbett classes up the proceedings.  Chrisanne is  Managing Director of KPMG Corporate Finance LLC, leading the Diversified Industrials Team, and co-leading the Private Equity Coverage Team. She starts off ...

Jon Skinner is CEO of PSP Partners, a diversified private investment firm founded by former U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker.  Jon is the latest financial honcho to miss his exit and end up in the Middle Market Musings recording c...

Andy Souder grew up in a steel town and attended Notre Dame, but the similarities to “Rudy” end there.  Andy is vice president of acquisitions at RAF Equity, a family office turned private equity fund based in suburban Philadelphia.  ...