Bio

Gregory Bedrosian is Managing Partner & CEO of Drake Star Partners. Gregory is an award-winning, seasoned investment banker and private equity investor whose experience spans both domestic and cross-border M&A and private equity transactions across the US, Europe and emerging markets. Amongst his numerous honors, Gregory received the 2016 M&A Advisor Leadership Award and is an M&A Advisor Hall of Fame inductee. Prior to Drake Star Partners, Gregory was a co-founder of Renaissance Capital, a leading investment bank focused on the emerging markets of Russia, Eastern Europe and Africa and co-founder and General Partner of The Sputnik Funds, a $1 billion private equity investment firm. Gregory began his career in the merchant banking department of Credit Suisse First Boston in London and the leveraged buyout group of Salomon Brothers (now part of Citigroup) in New York. Gregory is a member of The Council on Foreign Relations and he is a regular speaker and panelist at leading industry and academic forums. He has served on numerous corporate and non-profit boards across the US and Europe. Gregory is currently an Advisor at the Harvard Innovation Labs, Non-Executive Chairman of the Investment Committee of Da Vinci Capital, a $400 million+ emerging markets private equity investment firm, Non-Executive Board Member of a $100 million+ emerging markets hedge fund as well as Senior Advisor to MEP Capital, a media & entertainment-focused credit and private equity fund. He previously served on the Harvard Business School Alumni Board of Directors (Emeritus) and as Chairman of the Investment Committee of the $100 million+ ACEF Endowment Fund, led the Fund to top decile (top 10%) private equity/venture portfolio returns from 2012 – 2019. Gregory holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and a BS in Economics from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.