Great lunch meeting today: I ate with Greg Larson of Ridgeview Capital.
Ridgeview has been a bit of a mystery to me for some time. When founded, the firm recruited an investment banker to help run the advisory side of the business, while at the same time they launched an effort to lead deals as principles.
Greg helped me to put it all in perspective today. While they do operate an NASD registered broker-dealer and tackle the odd advisory assignment, the focus of the firm is increasingly on private equity style transactions.
Greg is a Harvard MBA, successful entrepreneur and all around proven deal maker.
The Ridgeview site describes Greg this way:
Greg is a co-founder and a managing director of Ridgeview. Prior to co-founding Ridgeview, Greg developed a notable transactional and private equity record with Booth Creek (the office of George N. Gillette, Jr. family), Bain Capital and Security Capital Group. During these experiences, he managed the investment process, frequently serving as a company director and managing the liquidity strategies (through private sales, recapitalizations and IPOs) of companies that have become leaders in their respective industries.
Greg also possesses a strong entrepreneurial management and operational background. He founded and was CEO of an IT services company financed by two well respected institutional capital providers. His career also includes tenure with Putnam Investments and Ford Motor Company.
Greg currently sits on the boards of Metro Waste, Koster's Finance and Wasatch West Distribution.
Greg is a graduate of Harvard Business School (MBA, Ford Fellow) and Utah State University (BS). He is married with four children.
Greg is proving to be an important part of Utah's deal economy.
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