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December 2020

 

Happy Holidays - message from our Director

Happy Holidays from the Private Equity Program

 

Given the challenges of 2020, we are grateful for your continued support and our ability to connect with so many of you through our webinars and online events. We wish you all the best for this holiday season, and look forward to seeing you in person in 2021.

 

In this letter you will find information about our new virtual Deal Camp, the 2020 KKR Diversity, Inclusion and Innovation competition and Alumni Updates.

Please reach out if we may be helpful to you in any way.

 

Best always,
Donna and Greta

 

Donna M. Hitscherich `90, Director of the Private Program, Senior Lecturer in the Disciplne of Finance, and Faculty Director, Sanford C. Bernstein Center for Leadership and Ethics DMH9@gsb.columbia.edu

Greta E. Larson, Senior Associate Director, Private Equity Program GL2304@gsb.columbia.edu

 

 

Upcoming Event

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Live Online Deal Camp

 

February- March 2021

7:30 AM- 9:30 AM - Tuesday Mornings

The program takes place in a live, virtual format in the spring of 2021, with the hope to return to an in-person event in late 2021. For the virtual format, participants can expect cutting-edge insights and industry discussions on how the private equity sector has been impacted by the current pandemic and an analysis of where it is going from here.

 
Learn More

 

KKR Diversity, Inclusion and Innovation Competition

Group photo from the KKR Diversity, Inclusion and Innovation Competition

October-November 2020

 

Congratulations to all the student participants!

 

(Featured photo of the 2019 winning team with Henry Kravis `69: L-R - Eric Shu `21, Todd Adams`21, Pritika Gupta`21, Gonzalo Alvarez De Toledo Ortiz `21 and Amitaabh Sahai `21. Pictures of this year's winners will be included in next newsletter)

 

KKR Competition Finalists 2020

Target: 1-800-FLOWERS **Winners**: Anna  Constantino `22, Armin Hadavi `22, Levente Merczel '22, Dana Ng '22, Melody Zhang `22; Target: NextGen Healthcare: Daniela Boechat `22,  Lacie Pierre `22, Pedro Pinto Coelho Neto `22, Franklin Shieh `22, Aya Shimura `22; Target: Sleep Number: Tushar Benyani `22, Athena Cao `22, Bridie Gahan `22, Ignacio Juelle `22, Andrea Sordia Zanella `22; Target: ACI Worldwide; Andreas Helland `21, Asli Pelit `22, Anna Silvestri `21,  Amortya Sinha `21, Xiaobin Xu `21

 

 

Alumni News

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Alumni Updates in 2020

 

Congratulations to our alumni who have made exciting moves and news this year. Let us know if we missed anything - or have news to report - pep@gsb.columbia.edu

 

 

 

Thank you to our Supporters

 
Private Equity Program Advisory Board Members
 

Private Equity Program Advisory Board

 

(Photo from the 2019 dinner - this year we met virtually!)

 

Gary Appel `77, Vice Chairman of Corporate Investment, Investcorp; Charles Buaron `14, Principal, Oak Hill Capital; Jeffrey Barber `01 Managing Director, TA Associates, Inc.; Ken Buckfire `87 Miller Buckfire; Neal Costello `08 Managing Director, Alpinvest Partners; David E. De Leeuw  `69
 Co-Founder; Hythem El-Nazer `08 Managing Director, TA Associates; Sean P. Epstein `04 Head EMEA/MEE, SAP Global Private Equity; Stewart K.P. Gross `87 Managing Director, Lightyear Capital; Rebecca John `01 Former Partner, Lexington Partners; Jeffrey Rojek `96 Global Lead Partner, KPMG; Alan Wilkinson `84 Partner, AEA Investors; Steve Winograd `82 Managing Director, PennantPark Investment Advisers; Alisa A. Wood `08 Partner, Client and Partner Group, KKR.

 

 

Thank you to our Sponsors

 
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Held in conjunction with Bank of America
 

Behind the Scenes: Demystifying Finance Series

 

View our series of three webinars demystifying finance.

 

 

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