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Adam Stern

Principal, Buyouts

Adam Stern joined American Capital in May 2005 and is a Principal in the Dallas Buyout Group. He is responsible for originating, executing and managing investments in middle-market companies across a variety of sectors, including consumer products, business services, healthcare and industrial manufacturing. Mr. Stern currently serves on the board of directors of Pacific Handy Cutter and is a board observer of Rug Doctor and Imaging Business Machines.

Prior to joining American Capital, Mr. Stern was an Associate in Dallas at The Riverside Company, a New York-based private equity firm with approximately $3 billion under management. Before The Riverside Company, he worked at Park Avenue Equity Partners, a New York-based private equity firm with approximately $300 million under management and The Chart Group, a New York-based merchant banking firm. He began his career in the investment banking division of Lehman Brothers in the Natural Resources and Power Group.

Mr. Stern graduated with high honors from the University of Texas' McCombs School of Business, where he earned a BBA in Accounting and a MPA in Taxation. He has passed all four parts of the certified public accountancy exam.

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