Stanley Golder
American businessman (1929–2000)1
Stanley C. Golder (February 16, 1929 – January 5, 2000) was an American financier and venture capitalist.2
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Born Feb 16, 1929, died Jan 5, 2000.1
About
He is the namesake of the Stanley C. Golder Center for the Study of Private Equity at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, from which he graduated (B.S., 1951).
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Companies
Early life and education
- Date not recordedUniversity of Illinois Urbana-Champaign3
Career
Occupation: financier.5
His early jobs were with First National Bank of Chicago and its affiliates, promoted up to executive vice president. In early 1970s he was made president of First Capital Corporation of Chicago and First Chicago Investment Corporation.
In the 1970s, Golder built the private equity program at First Chicago Corp. where he is noted primarily for backing Federal Express and for efforts as chairman of the National Venture Capital Association and the National Association of Small Business Investment Companies to change federal laws allowing pensions to invest in private equity.
In 1980 he left First Chicago to found "Golder, Thoma & Cressey" private equity investment company, later known as GTCR, from which he retired as partner in 1993, but remained consultant. Golder Thoma received much of its initial funding from William M. Blair and upon leaving First Chicago, Golder was replaced by John A. Canning Jr. who would go on to found rival Chicago private equity firm Madison Dearborn.
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Personal life
- DiedJan 5, 2000, Winnetka6
Links
Sources
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- 1WikidataStanley Golder on Wikidata
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- 7WikidataGTCR, Founder