Summit Partners Announces the Addition of Bob Grady as Advisory Partner
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2 months ago
BOSTON & MENLO PARK, Calif. & LONDON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Summit Partners (“Summit” or the “Firm”), a global alternative investment firm, today announced the addition of
Bob Grady as Advisory Partner based in the Firm’s Boston office. In this role, Mr. Grady will work closely with Summit’s investment team to identify and originate new investment opportunities and with portfolio company leaders to help shape growth strategies focused on long-term value creation. He will also assist in the Firm’s business development activities.
Mr. Grady is an experienced private equity executive with more than 25 years of senior leadership and investment experience. Most recently, Bob was a Partner at Gryphon Investors, where he served as Head of the Industrial Growth Group. Prior to joining Gryphon, Bob was Partner and Managing Director of Cheyenne Capital Fund and Chairman of the Board and of the Investment Policy Committee for the New Jersey State Investment Council, which oversees the state’s $78 billion pension fund. Previously, Bob served for a decade as a Partner and member of the Management Committee at The Carlyle Group, where he was the Global Head of Venture & Growth Capital, and as Chairman of the National Venture Capital Association (NVCA). Bob began his finance career at Robertson, Stephens & Co., where he was a Partner and served as a member of the firm’s Management Committee.