Gordon O'Brien joined American Capital in October 1998 as a Principal was promoted to Managing Director in 2001 and became a member of the Investment Committee in 2002. From 1995 to 1998 Mr. O'Brien was Vice President at Pennington Partners & Company a private equity firm with $90 million under management. There Mr. O'Brien was responsible for structuring private equity investments conducting due diligence negotiating debt agreements and managing portfolio companies.
Prior to his tenure at Pennington Partners Mr. O'Brien worked at Golder Thoma Cressey Rauner Inc. a private equity firm with $700 million under management and before that at Chemical Bank in Chicago. Before joining Chemical Mr. O'Brien was co-owner of a door manufacturing company in Australia. Mr. O'Brien has participated in various transactions in the funeral home food service institutional pharmacy logistics and cable and wire industries.
Mr. O'Brien holds a graduate degree in business from the University of Chicago and an undergraduate degree from the University of Pennsylvania Wharton School of Business.
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