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Mr. John Dyett is the Co-Founder and serves as Managing Director of Salem Partners. Mr. Dyett heads the firm's efforts in the Life Sciences. He has raised in excess of $200 million of private equity and completed multiple merger and acquisition assignments for Salem Partners' clients. Mr. Dyett raised several rounds of venture capital for Adams Respiratory Therapeutics which was purchased for $2.3 billion cash by Reckitt Benckiser in 2008. Mr. Dyett’s other clients include Neos Therapeutics, Lombardi Software and Quinnova Pharmaceuticals. Mr. Dyett also serves on the investment committees of Salem Partners Wealth Management and SW Contego, a fund of hedge funds established by Salem Partners Wealth Management in 2008. Prior to founding Salem Partners, Mr. Dyett was a banker with Gerard Klauer Mattison & Co., Inc. and Needham and Co., Inc. Mr. Dyett is a graduate of Harvard College.

Andesite Capital Management is an investment management firm seeking to acquire, manage and hold outstanding properties, to partner with outstanding management teams and to pursue exceptional capital projects that are consistent with the financial objectives, personal interests and values of the firm’s principal. While we seek only investments with compelling risk adjusted returns, we also consider the broader implications of our asset allocation decisions. Most of our energy is spent on direct investments, but we selectively invest indirectly through carefully chosen strategic partners. In all cases, we are allocating our own capital for the very long run. We are highly selective and employ a disciplined approach to focus only on those opportunities that meet our multifaceted objectives. To illustrate better what we actually do, please take a look at the Select Projects tab.

Mr. Egon Durban serves as Managing Partner and Managing Director at Silver Lake Management. He also serves as Chairman at William Morris Endeavor Entertainment. Mr. Durban serves on the board of directors of Dell, Intelsat and is Chairman of the Board of Directors of WME Entertainment. Previously, he served on the board of Skype, and was the Chairman of its operating committee, and served on the supervisory board and operating committee of NXP and Multiplan. Prior to Silver Lake, Mr. Durban worked in Morgan Stanley's Investment Banking Division. Mr. Durban graduated from Georgetown University with a B.S. in Finance.

BlackBern Partners LLC invests in mature operating companies in the lower middle market, partnering with management teams that have a proven track record of success and providing capital to realize organic growth and acquisition opportunities. BlackBern is industry agnostic and focuses on situations where it can see specific opportunities to add value. A flexible mandate allows BlackBern to tailor investments for companies with a wide range of capital needs.

Wembly Enterprises takes majority ownership in companies with specialized expertise in manufacturing and holds these companies for long-term growth. We do not follow a private equity model that requires exit or liquidity even in any predefined range of time. Instead, Wembly focuses on strengthening business fundamentals, investing in infrastructure and business development, and sharing the benefits of growth with company management. Established i...

Lead Lap is a Northfield, Illinois-based private investment firm with several current investments in private companies. Lead Lap seeks control investments in the business services, consumer, online, education, information, media, marketing services, and health services sectors of small to mid-size company buyouts. Lead Lap also makes non-control growth capital investments in promising businesses. Lead Lap was founded by operating executive Dav.