Compass Partners Team

Compass Partners Team Summary

Compass Partners’ team includes 2 investment professionals. The average tenure for the Firm’s senior team is 19 years.

Compass Partners alumni have gone on to work at 3 other investors including Crestview Partners, Epiris, and Hidden River Strategic Capital.

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Team Summary

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Compass Partners

Compass Partners Capital LLC

680 Washington Blvd., 10th Floor,
Stamford, Connecticut 06901
United States
(212) 702-8650
www.compasspartners.com
info@compasspartners.com

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Name Title Email Phone Office
Stephen Waters Founding Partner & Managing Partner confidential@email.com CONFIDENTIAL Stamford

Steve founded Compass in 1997 and is its Managing Partner. He assisted in raising and subsequently managed Compass’ successful $900+ million European Equity Fund. In 2016 that Fund’s team completed a €1.7 billion portfolio purchase of assets from Bridgepoint. Prior to Compass, Steve ran the Mergers & Acquisitions departments at Lehman Brothers and then Morgan Stanley, and was on the latter’s Operating Committee as Co-CEO of Morgan Stanley International in London. He was Chairman of the US Naval Institute and remains on its Foundation’s Board, as well as those of Valero and Boston Private Financial, which he chairs. Steve was a George F. Baker Scholar at Harvard Business School, Lieutenant in the US Navy, and graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Harvard College.

Function: Investment

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