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Co-Founder and Managing Director. Mr. Gwirtsman has over 20
years of experience in private equity, mergers and acquisitions,
buyouts and corporate finance. Mr. Gwirtsman has served as
a member of the KRG Investment Committee since the Firm’s inception and was the lead Managing Director for KRG’s
investments in Corporate Training, FMI (co-led with Mr. Hamilton),
Focus, Global Employment Solutions, SPI Manufacturing (co-led with Mr.
Rogers), TransCore, and Trinity. Prior to co-founding KRG,
Mr. Gwirtsman served as a Senior Vice President with Fiduciary
Capital Management Company as part of a team managing two mezzanine
debt funds. Prior to joining Fiduciary Capital Management,
Mr. Gwirtsman served as a Corporate Vice President with Paine
Webber, Inc. in the Private Finance Group, where he was responsible
for advising, structuring and placing debt and equity securities.
He also served as an investment banker at E.F. Hutton, where
he was responsible for analyzing and originating transactions
in the transportation equipment leasing, financial services
and oil and gas sectors.
Mr. Gwirtsman serves as a director of Modtech Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:MODT)
and Global Employment Holdings, Inc. (OTCBB:GEYH). He also serves
on the boards of Building Bridges for Peace, a non-profit organization
committed to improving dialogue between Israeli, Palestinian and
American teenagers; Friends of Yemin Orde, which represents Yemin
Orde youth village in Israel; and Denver Academy, a school for
children with learning differences. Mr. Gwirtsman earned a BA degree
in English from Columbia University and an MBA degree in Finance
from the University of Denver.
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