Pete Marino Joins Pritzker Private Capital As a Senior Advisor

Pete Marino, former Molson Coors executive and now a senior advisor with Pritzker Private Capital’s beverage investments team in Chicago. This appointment boosts Pritzker Private Capital as they expand their beverage investment offerings.

Pritzker Private Capital (“PPC”), a leader in family direct investing, today announced an agreement to invest in Kenco Logistics – one of North America’s premier third-party logistics (3PL) providers.

Company Overview

Pritzker Private Capital was established in 2002 as an investment firm. Specializing in mid-market companies based in North America that are leaders in their manufactured products or services sectors, Pritzker specializes in acquisitions, management buyouts, growth equity deals, corporate divestiture, and industry consolidations.

This firm, located in Chicago, Illinois, boasts 45 advisors with an average client-to-advisor ratio of 1-1 across seven clients and manages $4,077.326684 of regulatory assets.

PPC invests alongside existing management teams of its portfolio companies, helping them meet their long-term objectives. Furthermore, it leverages its global network of relationships and resources to assist its portfolio companies with growth and market success.

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Pritzker Private Capital’s unique history over 60 years has resulted in 200 transactions totaling $30 billion of equity value, giving Pritzker Private Capital the experience needed to navigate nearly any situation. From its inception, Tom Pritzker has served as TPO’s Managing Partner, overseeing its transformation from an original Pritzker family investment company into one of America’s premier privately held venture capital firms. Tom was involved with creating significant mature companies across multiple industries such as container leasing, life sciences, and healthcare and sitting on numerous public boards such as Hyatt Hotels Corporation and TMS International.

Industry Focus

Pritzker Private Capital’s partners are middle-market companies across North America that hold leading positions within their sectors. The firm primarily invests in manufactured products and services businesses with proven track records of growth. Their teams possess significant operating expertise across each industry sector, enabling them to provide additional support to companies they partner with.

Michael Nelson is a Managing Partner of Pritzker Private Capital and leads their Manufactured Products team. With over 25 years of executive-level industrial and financial experience at Refiner Energy Partners and Gerdau Ameristeel, his expertise includes refining, specialty chemicals, plastics processing automation systems, and steel.

Adam Kelliher is a Senior Associate with Pritzker Private Capital’s healthcare investing team. With more than five years of investment banking experience, including mergers and acquisitions, leveraged buyouts, financing transactions, and strategic advisory work for both public and private healthcare companies at Citigroup before coming to PPC, he specialized in M&A transactions as an Analyst of the Healthcare Group at Citigroup.

Jen Klein serves as a Paralegal at Pritzker Private Capital, supporting various legal aspects of the Firm and its PPC companies. With over ten years of operational and legal support experience gathered at Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP and Jenner & Block LLP, respectively, she holds a B.S. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Brooke DelPiccolo is a Senior Associate on PPC’s Strategic Partnerships team and oversees investor relations activities, with expertise in materials development, information requests, and portal management for investor partners. Brooke joined this team in 2022 after working previously as an Executive Assistant for Lincoln International LLC and as a Senior Administrative Associate for Swidler Spanola & Company, respectively.

Bradley Davis is PPC’s Finance Manager, overseeing financial reporting and fund management functions. With more than 12 years of experience in accounting and finance – having held roles at RSM US LLP (owner of Redbox and Coinstar kiosks) before joining PPC; Bradley holds a B.S. from Indiana University.

Management Team

Pritzker Private Capital’s management team boasts extensive expertise, with individuals with backgrounds spanning finance and investing and expertise across different industries. Pritzker has an impressive 56-employee squad, including 16 partners.

Paul Carbone is co-founder and President of Pritzker Private Capital. His primary role is developing family group relationships for Pritzker and furthering the development of the private equity industry, with experience in corporate finance and restructuring, as well as serving on multiple public and private boards of directors.

David Hirsch serves as Chief Financial Officer of Pritzker Private Capital’s Operations Group and oversees accounting, finance, and reporting across its companies. With over 25 years of experience across refining, specialty chemicals, plastics processing automation, steel production, and steel refining industries as a CPA with his M.S. from Vanderbilt University, he holds his CFO license.

Adam Greenberg is a Senior Associate for Pritzker Private Capital and works with Valicor, Kenco Logistics, and other operating companies within the Services sector. With over ten years of investment banking and operational experience across numerous sectors before joining Pritzker, Adam gained his expertise working at Moelis & Company as an analyst before coming aboard at Pritzker Private Capital.

Keely Murphy serves as Technology Project Manager at Pritzker Private Capital and oversees all technological initiatives at the firm and its affiliate companies. Since joining in 2022, she has held roles at Accenture and Baker Tilly, providing technology consulting.

Jen Klein is a Paralegal at Pritzker Private Capital, supporting various legal aspects of its operations and PPC Company activities, such as regulatory compliance, transaction execution, and governance matters. Jen has over 14 years of experience serving various operational support roles – before joining Pritzker Private Capital, she worked as Paralegal at Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP.

Phil Iler serves as Vice President on the Manufactured Products team of PPC. His clients include Bardstown Bourbon Company, C.H. Guenther, and Monogram Foods; with 15+ years in this industry before joining PPC, he worked at Moelis & Company as an associate.

Funding Sources

Pritzker Private Capital invests in middle-market companies based in North America with leading positions across manufactured products and services sectors, seeking opportunities through acquisitions, management buyouts, growth equity investment opportunities, corporate divestitures, or industry consolidations. Established in 2002 with an office in Chicago, Illinois, and adhering to the UN Principles of Responsible Investing.

The firm has made over $3M in lead investments to date. Typically investing with just one investor, they also made another $3M worth of follow-on investments with average deal sizes exceeding $10 Million, spanning 150 companies in their portfolio.

Valicor Environmental Services is one of the company’s recent investments. A leading provider of non-hazardous wastewater treatment services across North America, Houlihan Lokey and Raymond James helped facilitate this deal and will invest alongside Valicor’s management team.

Penny Pritzker is an accomplished entrepreneur and civic leader who founded numerous successful businesses. She founded the Chicago-based Civic Technology organization P33 and currently sits on the board of The Aspen Institute. Additionally, she serves on Carnegie Endowment for International Peace’s Board of Overseers and cofounding Skills for America’s Future as a founding member. She has served on President Biden’s Council on Jobs and Competitiveness and President Obama’s Economic Recovery Advisory Boards.

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