NEW YORK, Jan. 31 /PRNewswire/ -- Lee Equity Partners, LLC today
announced that Robert C. Wright, Vice Chairman and Director of the General
Electric Company, has agreed to serve the firm in the role of Senior
Advisor to Lee Equity Partners.
Mr. Wright served previously as president and chief executive officer
of General Electric Financial Services, as chairman, president and chief
executive officer of National Broadcasting Company, Inc. and as chairman
and CEO of NBC Universal, Inc. Mr. Wright is also the Chairman and
Co-Founder of Autism Speaks, a national organization dedicated to finding
the cause and cure of autism.
Mr. Wright joins the sixteen professionals of Lee Equity Partners,
which include Thomas H. Lee, Mark K. Gormley, David J. Morrison, Yoo Jin
Kim, and Benjamin A. Hochberg, Senior Advisor, Allen Questrom, and Chief
Financial Officer, Joseph B. Rotberg.
Thomas H. Lee, president and chief executive officer of Lee Equity
Partners said, "Bob is a visionary in both the financial services and media
and broadcasting sectors and brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to
Lee Equity Partners. I am so pleased that he is joining us."
Mr. Wright stated, "I am grateful for the opportunities that General
Electric Company has afforded me and am proud of my years of service and
leadership there. I look forward to achieving equally great things with Tom
Lee and his talented group of partners at Lee Equity."
Lee Equity Partners, LLC makes private equity investments in growth
oriented, mid and upper mid cap companies located primarily in the United
States. Lee Equity's target market includes companies with enterprise
values of between $500 million and $3 billion. Lee Equity seeks to invest
in businesses with sustainable competitive positions, sufficient scale to
attract high quality management and the ability to demonstrate continued
growth. Lee Equity is a generalist firm whose professionals have
significant expertise in a number of industries, including Financial,
Healthcare and Business Services, Retail and Consumer Products and Media.
SOURCE Lee Equity Partners, LLC
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Lloyd, +1-212-573-6100, both of Sitrick And Company, for Lee
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